Example sentences of "had he [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why had he kept Pearce quiet about their experience ? |
| 2 | Had he sought mine out ? |
| 3 | The desk clerk had gone off duty , but had he seen Kragan , he would only have seen another businessman in an expensive coat returning to his hotel after a night out . |
| 4 | When his daughter Nannette inverted that action to make her down-striking action , she included the check , completing her father 's piano action as he himself might have done had he seen Gottfried Silbermann 's pianos , or indeed those of Cristofori , rather than those of Johann Heinrich Silbermann . |
| 5 | Tyler Blacklock had little interest in the millinery world , for he hardly ever wore a hat and so did not move in such circles ; neither had he made enquiries with regard to Beth or her husband . |
| 6 | Hazel had eaten various roots in his life , but only once before had he tasted carrot , when a cart-horse had spilt a nose-bag near the home warren . |
| 7 | Why had he named Gamut Street ? |
| 8 | Had he gone kerb-crawling one night and found her ? |
| 9 | Had he felt symptoms then ? |
| 10 | No sooner had he come back than he left Diana and the children at home yet again , and went to Italy on a week 's painting holiday . |
| 11 | Patrick smiled ruefully ; he was nineteen going on twenty — what right had he to assign motives to a woman ? |
| 12 | Had he killed Alexander to get to the throne ? |
| 13 | Had he observed Doreen 's blatantly flirtatious manner towards the men of the rafting parties , to say nothing of her familiarity with the two guides ? |
| 14 | A stranger could have been excused had he mistaken Joe for a gentleman of middle eastern origin . |
| 15 | How had he followed Ruth ? |
| 16 | Had he used Dawn as well ? |
| 17 | But how had he persuaded Harry ? |
| 18 | No sooner had he published Volume I in 1960 than the whole status that he claimed for History , for man , and for their articulation , came under attack . |
| 19 | How often in his life had he admitted guilt before anyone but God ? |
| 20 | The judge would not have erred had he drawn attention to the circumstances ( which were in fact plain for all to see ) , but their Lordships reject the adoption of any rule which would impose new obligations on trial judges in their approach to the consideration of witnesses ' evidence and they refer to the judgment delivered by Ackner L.J . |
| 21 | Mullen met Beattie in the Flemington Bar , Motherwell , only 45 minutes after it was claimed had he murdered Margaret McLaughlin five miles away . |
| 22 | Had he shared information with her he would n't share with his own wife ? |
| 23 | Had he envied Kalv , turning his coat so adroitly over and over , and at least buying back some years at Egge ? |
| 24 | Mr Lawson 's words might have reassured the financial markets had he carried conviction as a man in complete charge of short-term economic policy ; instead he sounded faintly ridiculous . |
| 25 | Not once had he mentioned love . |
| 26 | Mr Rose , had he had access to the whole elaboration of this pleasing metaphor , with its roots in folklore and childhood culture , hallucination and dream , might , or might not , have understood something about Marcus that he did not already understand , and might , or might not , have felt able to offer help or advice as a result of this understanding . |
| 27 | And , as legend has it , no sooner had he put spur to his mount and raised his stout stick , than the French champion fled the field of honour . |
| 28 | He wondered what on earth had made him talk like that and why had he told McEllhoney of all people ? |
| 29 | Had he told Martin ? |
| 30 | Then why had he told Gwen he knew her parents ? |