Example sentences of "had [pron] [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Scarcely had I got myself fairly comfortable and closed my eyes when I heard the sound of people running I hurriedly tried to think up some famous last words to give my public , but never had a chance to utter them . |
| 2 | What had I got myself into ? |
| 3 | Not only had I proved myself a liar but I 'd not been much good at school and did n't even get my leaving certificate . |
| 4 | No sooner had she asked herself the question than she realized the folly of it — and of the fees she had already demanded . |
| 5 | Had she positioned herself here ? |
| 6 | Why had she lost herself that way ? |
| 7 | Had she locked herself in a place of comparative safety ? |
| 8 | Why had she exposed herself to the danger of someone remarking on the likeness between her son and her escort , and making the obvious connection ? |
| 9 | At no time had she addressed herself to the credibility or otherwise of anything in the report . |
| 10 | And the woman in her picture , with her Victorian gown : had she pissed herself and calmly waited to be changed ? |
| 11 | Had she thought herself fortunate to capture a thing of beauty ? |
| 12 | The woman who had just walked into the sitting room had most decidedly not put on weight ; nor had she let herself go … anywhere . |
| 13 | How had she let herself be so deluded ? |
| 14 | Just what had she let herself be talked into ? |
| 15 | The question circling her head as she 'd climbed aboard the BA 747 that morning was why on earth had she let herself be talked into this ? |
| 16 | What had she got herself into ? |
| 17 | Only occasionally , on the anniversary of her baby 's birth , had she allowed herself to think , to regret , to remember . |
| 18 | Had she allowed herself to be lulled into a false sense of security ? |
| 19 | What had she allowed herself to believe ? |
| 20 | Why had she allowed herself to respond like that , invited him to kiss her that way ? |
| 21 | Had she imprisoned herself as Ana had done ? |
| 22 | We were hot , tired and feeling none too clean but had we enjoyed ourselves ? |
| 23 | Had he shown himself unambiguously ready to start pulling out , the coalition would have surely had to offer him something , if not to save his face , at least to cover his backside : an American commitment to talk about any Middle Eastern issue whatsoever has already been given ; the call for Iraqi reparations could still be waived . |
| 24 | Had he convinced himself , or could he produce at will this rapture to convince others ? |
| 25 | How had he allowed himself to be landed with such a sickly , dependent boy , but Willie was sick with excitement , not fear . |
| 26 | Only once had he let himself begrudge it , only once , that night , and never since , for he knew it was his duty and his right to stay at home with her . |
| 27 | He was at his best when reacting promptly and powerfully to every threat , how had he let himself be hemmed in thus by forms and processes and the operations of incompetent deputies ? |
| 28 | But it was a surprising and disturbing thought , all the same , and no sooner had it presented itself than he had another , even more surprising and disturbing . |