Example sentences of "had [pers pn] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christianson and Loftus ( 1987 ) had subjects write down the central detail from each slide and Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) had them evaluate the affective quality of each slide , both these studies showed results which appeared to be consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis . |
| 2 | had them brace the back of a human chain |
| 3 | This reaches to the outer limits of hardcore with Carl Cox 's ‘ Rhythm Is A Drug ’ and the Wizard Of Oz 's ‘ Drowning In Your Blood Mix ’ which cleaned up at the band 's recent Heaven gig ( also backed with an ‘ Ahhhcapella ’ version which had them climbing the walls round at my place the other week ! ) . |
| 4 | When I got back I had bed rest for a couple of days and then they had me scrubbing the houses and that . |
| 5 | He 's an older man and maybe an easier since he had me galloping the best of my horses lame over you , Owen . |
| 6 | And that was er under John John was the manager and er I tell you Scott come and he started swearing at me and I says , I did n't m ask you for your bloody job , so next er next morning when they goes , he they had they had me walking the rope . |
| 7 | What right had I to tarnish the reputation of an acknowledged war hero and needlessly distress his family ? |
| 8 | As far as I was concerned , men and boys constituted a separate species , with whom I had nothing in common , and the last thing I wanted to do ( had I given the matter any thought ) was to arouse their interest , which I feared might be predatory . |
| 9 | Had I seen the extraordinary edition of the Observer newspaper , carrying extracts from the government 's official report into the Al Fayeds ' purchase of the House of Fraser group ? |
| 10 | Hardly had I uttered the word — or the phrase signifying it — than I felt within me the need to become what I had been accused of being … . |
| 11 | Was I hearing him right or had I missed the point as so often happened ? |
| 12 | Thus in this particular book , while trying to present as fully and clearly as space allowed the teaching of the Scriptures about the Holy Spirit , I would have been failing to meet the aim of the series had I neglected the controversial issues of the baptism , the gifts and the fullness of the Holy Spirit . |
| 13 | Not only had I gained the technical degree I 'd been chasing , but I 'd finally achieved a position in a business when I could use that expertise to its full potential . |
| 14 | For a second I relaxed but another thought struck : Had I refixed the boards behind me when I 'd fled the turret during the storm ? |
| 15 | Only once had I feared the heat of Egypt and that had been in a waking dream . |
| 16 | What I have said about Nottingham I would also have said about East Sussex had I had the same information . |
| 17 | Had I had the receiver in my hand when some break in the conversation occurred at this point , I should have explained to you that it is in fact neither ; it is merely an examination of the various modes of thinking which the phrase implies — an examination which , in the tradition of British philosophical inquiry , seeks merely to study and perhaps oil the conceptual machinery and then to put it back more or less as it was . |
| 18 | Had I found the market ? |
| 19 | Had I taken the latter course , the result might have been embarrassment rather than accident . |
| 20 | In my mind 's beady eye it was white with just a soupçon ( had I known the word soupçon ) of scarlet such as I 'd once seen June Allyson sport in a skating sequence in some Saturday morning picture . |
| 21 | ‘ Had I continued the action you would have been even more willing by now . ’ |
| 22 | Had I left the Golden Turk to commit murder , or was I telling the truth about being drugged and placed in Ralemberg 's garden after the dreadful crimes had been committed ? |
| 23 | Nor had I forgotten the swivel-gun mounted on the roof . |
| 24 | Had I read the brochure carefully I would have realised that the experience I was heading for was anything but tedious ! |
| 25 | She had so much going for her , why had she felt the urge to destroy herself ? |
| 26 | Sadly , her thoughts of a good omen continued to prove false , because no sooner had she raised the knocker than the door was wrenched open , and a young woman emerged backwards , still talking to someone inside the house . |
| 27 | Had she imagined the violence of the previous months ? |
| 28 | Had she imagined the slight edge to his voice ? |
| 29 | Thus , no sooner had she rejected the two $10,000 grants than Ms Radice was called a ‘ decency czar ’ , a ‘ faux-moralist sharpie ’ , and a betrayer of the public trust . |
| 30 | At what moment had she surrendered the tactics she 'd planned to the charismatic persuasion of Luke 's personality ? |