Example sentences of "had [verb] [verb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was presented with a video recorder by his colleagues and friends who had gathered to wish him the very best on his retirement . |
| 2 | ‘ I had thought to ask you the same thing . |
| 3 | ( 63 ) Two months ago , I should have scouted as mad or drunk the man who had dared tell me the like . |
| 4 | They could be paraphrased by : ( 63 – ) If anyone had dared tell me the like two months ago , I would have scouted him as mad or drunk . |
| 5 | It was the Emperor Constantine who had given Pope Sylvester the whole kingdom of the West and had attempted to give him the crown . |
| 6 | She seemed totally unaware of the difficulties Peony had overcome to bring her the medicine so soon . |
| 7 | My superior self had taken over-call it the result of time-shock , if you will , but I felt myself in the presence of myth and , by association , accepted myself as mythical ! |
| 8 | She knew that he had tried to give her the impression that he was going off on a promiscuous adventure and expected this to arouse in her both admiration and jealousy , but as Lydia 's misdemeanours were more of the spirit than of the flesh she found promiscuity not merely sinful but foolish and disgusting . |
| 9 | She was delighted that Finn had returned to give her the opportunity of rejecting him . |