Example sentences of "he had [vb pp] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had grown a lot in the last few months . |
| 2 | One of his feet had been blown away and he had lost a lot of blood from a wide crack in his shell . |
| 3 | A little later , Oliver woke up and was very anxious to tell his story , although he had lost a lot of blood and was very weak . |
| 4 | There was massive bruising , and he had lost a lot of blood in the night . |
| 5 | No doubt he had wanted a lot of women . |
| 6 | In Rhodes he had seen a lot of her , right up to her thigh , and Nicholas was right : he was pea-green with envy . |
| 7 | He had heard a lot about Sara from Miss Lockwood — how sweet , wise and witty she was — how clever , how energetic — how talented , getting a job in America as a high-powered secretary . |
| 8 | He had drunk a lot of wine during supper " to celebrate Chuck 's mighty fine bull , " and she had noticed that his manner had been louder and more expansive as a result . |
| 9 | In comparison to his contemporaries in 1967 he had completed a lot more films than most ; the difference was that his were a succession of B-movies that paid him little . |
| 10 | And he had done a lot of mischief in there . |
| 11 | He had had a lot of practice in persuading bullies not to thump him , and now he recognized in Simon , only too well , all the signs of a violent , bullying , and unpredictable nature . |
| 12 | He had had a lot of trouble with builders last year . |
| 13 | Since it was two-in-a-row time , he had taken a lot more precautions with this one . |
| 14 | He had taken a lot of trouble with his appearance this morning , Briant noticed , his heavy gray hair carefully slicked across his head , his knitted red tie carefully arranged against the collar of his pink shirt . |
| 15 | In his forties it grew worse and he decided to see a specialist When Alan mentioned that he had taken a lot of antibiotics just before the urticaria began , the specialist suggested that he try a diet with no sugar and very little starch . |
| 16 | Unless he had changed a lot he would not make a good impression . |
| 17 | He had changed a lot . |
| 18 | He had purchased a lot of land and even more books and ‘ expensive trifles ’ . |
| 19 | However , by the time Huckleberry 's class was called some thirty minutes later , he had dissipated a lot of his anxiety through movement and was no longer putting his tongue over the bit . |
| 20 | Only this time , he had put a lot more into the production values . |
| 21 | Mr Tarry said he had devoted a lot of time going to meetings and discussing what to do next . |
| 22 | Alyssia 's eyes roamed over his body , lean and muscled , and bronzed , as though he had spent a lot of time in the sunshine . |
| 23 | Even so , he had learned a lot , keeping what he knew from Spatz and his cronies . |