Example sentences of "had [verb] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they , it was a bit frightening because we were in a group of seventeen and see what I mean when , I mean how it starts is like if were starting with me , I have to say I 'm Tony , right , and then you would say I 'm Jackie and this is Tony and then Christine would say I 'm Christine this is Jackie , this is Tony , I was at the end of a group of seventeen and I had heard it sort of , you hear it , it builds up round the room |
| 2 | I had to wear it back to front for the photographer . |
| 3 | The pain did , in fact , return the next day , but this experience had given me hope so I persevered with the lessons and now I am free of the pain for at least 95 per cent of the time . |
| 4 | It was my blood because he had given me mouth to mouth resuscitation . |
| 5 | It was true that I had given him life but I had not given him love . |
| 6 | He was sure that he was saved because he had the words of Christ and they had given him assurance . |
| 7 | He was immediately released from his confinement , but he was still liable to the man who had given him credit in the belief he could keep his promise to pay later . |
| 8 | The embarrassing reality was that Burrows had proved more wily than his pursuers had given him credit for , and had managed to give the S.O.U. the slip . |
| 9 | Hazel was beginning to feel that all would be well and that Bigwig had more sense than he had given him credit for , when Fiver sat up on his hind legs , cleaned his face with his paws and then , for the first time , looked directly at him . |
| 10 | Either he loved Kirsty less than she had given him credit for , or he hated Shiona even more fiercely than she had ever suspected . |
| 11 | On the other hand , it was no great sum and Hope 's custom had given him publicity . |
| 12 | He would not know what to do if her eyes told him to stay when Buddie had given him permission to leave . |
| 13 | He betrayed no feelings to anyone in the country that had given him asylum . |
| 14 | Nevertheless , by 1800 a commoner was speaking with regret of the times when the undrained wastes had given him pasture , where ‘ he could turn out his cow and pony , feed his flock of geese and keep his pig ’ . |
| 15 | Two weeks ago Hoomey knew that he would have been terrified putting any part of his anatomy within an inch of Bones 's long , grooved teeth , but habit had given him confidence . |
| 16 | He had grown up with the impression that women 's motives were suspect , and so when Tom Rooney had given him advice he had found it so easy to believe , because it was what — subconsciously — he expected . |
| 17 | His memories of Heather , bolstered by his possession of her photographs , had given him courage and hope , emotions to which he had been a stranger for more years than he cared to remember . |
| 18 | The father 's preparation for the Civil Service Examination — probably as rigorous an academic test as the external London matriculation examinations of the first forty years of this century — had given him command of three languages , Latin , French , and German , and a powerful interest in political and philosophical topics . |
| 19 | She excused herself hurriedly and left , returning with a great bustle to announce her coming , when she had given him time to compose himself . |
| 20 | If she had given him time he would have been able to show her passion , he knew , but it was hard for him to relax and act confidently after years of being cowed in a stern loveless household . |
| 21 | When the French refused his conditions , Henry decided on the war which his diplomacy had given him time to prepare . |
| 22 | Robert had given him beta minus ( query ) . |
| 23 | She had made no effort to erect any ‘ keep off ’ signs , and their kiss the evening before had given him heaven only knew what sort of ideas . |
| 24 | Not a word had she received from Pilade 's father as to his son 's welfare all this long time and if she had given him cause , as he might argue , to abandon her she had given him no such leave to forget his child . |
| 25 | He had asked to be transferred , but his club had given him notice of retention and refused to release him . |
| 26 | The masses were uneducated and the producers had given them rubbish , but what had really ensured ‘ the bloodlessness of the American film ’ was that with intellectuals alienated and excluded there had been ‘ no intelligent body ’ to shape the new medium . |
| 27 | Owning the Parrot had given them status . |
| 28 | It was the boy they had talked to in the Coptic Place of the Dead , the one who had given them information — and kicked Georgiades on the shin . |
| 29 | It was painstakingly worked out as a way of preventing some women — usually those whose privileged access to higher education had given them confidence and articulacy in public speaking — from dominating and silencing others . |
| 30 | Propaganda had given us indigestion , and reports of how many aeroplanes had been destroyed and how many ships had been sunk were becoming monotonous if not unbelievable . |