Example sentences of "had [vb pp] him [verb] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had great respect for Palmerston , but ‘ after the speeches he had heard him deliver on this subject , he would be extremely sorry to obey his edicts on matters of taste ’ . |
| 2 | His reputation as a hard man — he had picked up a conviction for GBH — had won him work on the bouncer circuit and the title ‘ King of the Bouncers ’ . |
| 3 | Her mother , Lavender , had fallen in love with a scholarly man called Frederick Legh when she had met him walking on the Moor . |
| 4 | That moment when she had seen him standing on the jetty , a tall dark figure against the bright sun , would remain locked in her memory foever . |
| 5 | It was n't entirely his thirst for knowledge that had made him insist on driving north to Chanchán . |
| 6 | Then Francis Crick ( Salk ) recalled how Avery 's work , buttressed by that of Hodgekiss and of Hershey and Chase , had led him to muse on how to copy a three-dimensional structure ; as with a sculpture , perhaps , by making a mould ? |
| 7 | Despite Mozart 's unkind comments on the failing vocal powers of the ageing Mannheim tenor Raaff , some instinct had warned him to keep on friendly terms with the singer , for whom he had written an aria on the way back from Paris . |
| 8 | Judging by the Prince 's appearance and demeanour , Corbett sensed that Gaveston had advised him to stand on his dignity in his dealings with both him and de Craon . |