Example sentences of "[noun sg] he had finished [v-ing] " in BNC.
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1 | The moment he had finished eating , he stood up to leave . |
2 | By the time he had finished rocking , his fringe hung over his eyes . |
3 | By the time he had finished ordering coffee , and , laying down the phone , was turning towards her , Lisa was sitting upright in her seat , her blue eyes alert and perfectly focused . |
4 | He had a number of scenes reshot because he did n't like the way he looked in the original scenes , and by the time he had finished hacking up the picture , it was a complete mess . |
5 | While it was vital to be well turned out , the young gallant should beware of imitating those fops who spent their time building huge and elaborate turbans : men like Mirza Abu Said , a great amir under Shah Jehan , who was so fastidious in the construction of his head-wraps that the Imperial Durbar had usually finished by the time he had finished tying it all together . |