Example sentences of "[verb] a man [Wh pn] had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His magic , the magic of uncovering a man who had trod the land that I now trod , who died and was laid in the chalk 3,000 years ago , had been little more than pages in a notebook : another find in the ceaseless archaeological round . |
| 2 | She had little doubt that she had allowed her heart to rule her head , and , much as she had enjoyed what had happened between her and David , could she ultimately trust a man who had treated her sister the way he had ? |
| 3 | She 'd never experienced anything like this in her life before — she 'd never met a man who had made any real , lasting impression on her . |
| 4 | Luce moved restlessly and thumped her pillow , her doubts and uncertainties back in full force ; and all because she 'd met a man who had captured her interest and set her imagination winging . |
| 5 | A mechanic contracted to the RAC arrived within an hour , she claimed , but went to help a man who had broken down after her . |
| 6 | I remember once having to chase a man who had done something nasty to someone , and losing him in the darkness as he dashed down a cobbled mews . |
| 7 | He went on talking of peace , but he had become a man who had allowed Britain 's major industry to be decimated and embittered . |
| 8 | As befitted a man who had sung the pleasures of the ordinary , it occurred on a bus going up Headington Hill , on his way back to Mrs Moore 's house . |
| 9 | It fell to Joseph Franklin , the Rochdale Manager , to succeed a man who had become a legend in his time , but whose legacy was not an easy one . |
| 10 | Linfield chairman , David Campbell said his club had unhesitatingly approved use of the stadium for this game to honour a man who had played such a vital part in the development of Northern Ireland domestic football . |
| 11 | But when it arose in the 16th Century , it simply denoted a man who had opted for worldly pleasure by marrying , in contrast to a cleric who stayed celibate . |
| 12 | Courtaulds had sent a man who had found an exact match for the material . |
| 13 | Occasionally a tax-gathering patrol would seize a man who had sown a catch-crop in the fertile north and in effect hold him to ransom until he paid up : that would be a temporary recognition of force majeure rather than an acceptance of permanent obligation . |
| 14 | The Aten itself was amoral ; but in life one should always forgive a man who had sinned . |