Example sentences of "he [vb past] reason [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or perhaps he had reason to be content , since Franca had been , perhaps visibly , moved , or startled by his sudden gesture of kissing her hand , something which she could not remember his ever having done before . |
| 2 | Yet again he had reason to be grateful that no-one in Vienna argued with a uniform . |
| 3 | He had reason to be touchy about Nechaev . |
| 4 | He had reason to be proud he thought , as he gazed through his car windscreen at the line of traffic ahead . |
| 5 | He had reason to be frightened . |
| 6 | That it appears to this Committee that the Secretary ( Mr Huntingford ) has propagated reports injurious to the character of the Professor and that his conduct appears highly culpable in having spread such reports after he had reason to be satisfied that they were groundless . |
| 7 | Resolved that , from the report of the Committee consisting of the Earl of Morton , Chairman , & c this meeting is perfectly satisfied with the Character & Conduct of the Professor Mr Vial and is of opinion that the conduct of the Secretary Mr Huntingford is highly culpable in having propagated reports injurious to the Professor Mr Vial after he had reason to be satisfied the [ sic ] were groundless . ’ |