Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pers pn] [noun] " 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 Here , through the space of a breath or two , she could live for a moment in the rapturous evening when she and Lal had dressed for the Hunt Ball : the evening that had given her Andrew .
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 told Richardson that a Dutch gentleman had given him Frageria chiloensis , a native strawberry from the Spanish West Indies , but although Miller had not yet seen the fruit he quoted A. F. Frézier who ‘ in his Voyages says it grows as big as a pullet 's egg … a great rarity ’ .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Either he loved Kirsty less than she had given him credit for , or he hated Shiona even more fiercely than she had ever suspected .
12 On the other hand , it was no great sum and Hope 's custom had given him publicity .
13 He would not know what to do if her eyes told him to stay when Buddie had given him permission to leave .
14 He betrayed no feelings to anyone in the country that had given him asylum .
15 The man long ago had given him crystals ; what more could be done now ?
16 If it had n't been for the canter Nails would not have been terribly keen for another lesson , but the canter had given him dreams above his station .
17 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 ’ .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 She excused herself hurriedly and left , returning with a great bustle to announce her coming , when she had given him time to compose himself .
23 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 .
24 When the French refused his conditions , Henry decided on the war which his diplomacy had given him time to prepare .
25 Robert had given him beta minus ( query ) .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 The walls of his cell had given him nightmares .
29 The UN Security Council heard on Feb. 6 from UN special envoy Cyrus Vance that Franjo Tudjman , the Croatian President , had given him Croatia 's " full and unconditional acceptance " of the UN plan to deploy forces in special UN Protected Areas .
30 But they had given him photographs .
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