Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pn reflx] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After 2 weeks , she reported back there had n't been any improvement but it turned out that she had bought herself some Arg Nit tablets as she did n't like the taste of the alcoholic water the LM was made up in ! |
| 2 | I had told myself that heat was cleansing , because I had grown fearful of water . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was just embarrassment — the memory of how he had shamed himself that time when she had comforted him . |
| 4 | He had told himself that his name was Michael Holly , he had set himself that challenge . |
| 5 | Blake suspected that he was not the first person who had asked himself that question or had come to the same irrational conclusion . |
| 6 | Shivering the night away in the reeking darkness of the tunnels , he had asked himself this question more than once . |
| 7 | The answer was the same as on every previous occasion she had asked herself that question . |
| 8 | Richie had poured himself another whisky and soda . |
| 9 | It seemed that to feed the children they had denied themselves all food and eaten grass . |