Example sentences of "had [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He smiled and there was no triumph , only genuine pleasure that she had accepted his offer , and Ruth knew in her heart that she had nothing to fear from this man . |
| 2 | Brian Hillier agreed with the defence suggestion that he had nothing to fear from any so-called threats , he had already resigned from the club and he was awaiting trial for cheating the taxman . |
| 3 | Her Fascist leanings had nothing to do with that . |
| 4 | ‘ Am I right in thinking you really believe Tweed had nothing to do with that beastly murder ? ’ |
| 5 | The man who lay with Amy in the dunes had nothing to do with that burdened , ambitious , calculating scientist who ran Larksoken , nothing to do with Alice 's brother , with Elizabeth 's ex-husband , with Hilary 's ex-lover . |
| 6 | ‘ It had nothing to do with That , ’ said Auntie Ethel , sharply . |
| 7 | It had nothing to do with that . |
| 8 | Stone is utterly convincing in his argument that the 1857 Divorce Act had nothing to do with perceived changes in the economic conditions of the labouring poor during early industrialization and everything to do with lawyers ' determination to do something about the chaotic state of the law . |
| 9 | In fact , the rise of separatist and ethnic agitations is partly due to the fact that , contrary to common belief , the principle of state-creation since the second world war , unlike that after the first world war , had nothing to do with Wilsonian national self-determination . |
| 10 | In these cases , the prince might well be surrounded by vassals who owed him military service ; but they would be present not from obligation but from desire , and they would be accompanied by large numbers whose reason for being there had nothing to do with feudal ties or fidelity . |
| 11 | When Chamberlain returned from his post-war African tour to a hero 's welcome in March 1903 , he found to his hand a request from the Dominions themselves which , though it had nothing to do with Imperial unity , and indeed was rather symptomatic of growing independence , he seized upon and elevated into the first step towards ‘ consolidation of the Empire ’ . |
| 12 | However , their most alarming quantitative forecast , of 4.5 million unemployed in Britain by 1990 , came from forecasts made by the Cambridge Economic Policy Group and was based on economic factors which had nothing to do with new technology . |
| 13 | The various fusion machines that a had been built were producing neutrons-supposedly a sign that fusion was taking place but the neutrons had nothing to do with thermonuclear reactions . |
| 14 | Wars that were to end abruptly and , ironically , for reasons that had nothing to do with internal musical divisions . |
| 15 | But they had nothing to do with cheap mullet . |
| 16 | She spent most of her time telling herself that it was the loss of her job that was so catastrophic ; it had nothing to do with Ace Barton . |
| 17 | Clearly , this had nothing to do with real costs of service provision or true basic expenditure needs . |
| 18 | It had nothing to do with teasing or playing hard to get . |
| 19 | The report on Monktonhall was compiled by an independent consultant ; it had nothing to do with political views . |
| 20 | ‘ Her death had nothing to do with this . ’ |
| 21 | I made inquiries about the press conference and I am assured that it had nothing to do with this matter . |
| 22 | I swear by all I hold dear the Koran , my wife , child and mother I had nothing to do with this . ’ |
| 23 | But this time it had nothing to do with white stockings . |
| 24 | Edward had come to realise that he found some bodies more appealing than others , and that the contemplation of them aroused feelings that had nothing to do with artistic appreciation . |
| 25 | Nails was looking out of the window as if he had nothing to do with any of them . |
| 26 | The photographs have especially riled the Chinese : ‘ The photographs … had nothing to do with any conceivable social science research topic and were an insult to those who were photographed ’ . |
| 27 | Robert Smith , who published Lady Colin 's book on Di , said : ‘ I had nothing to do with any sort of forgery . |
| 28 | Such ineffectiveness , it was usually argued , had nothing to do with any deficiency in antiracist strategy or method . |
| 29 | Joseph said : ‘ Well , just make sure you impress on her that I had nothing to do with any murder and she is not to suggest it . ’ |
| 30 | It had nothing to do with any particular suspicions about Maxwell . |