Example sentences of "[conj] he have [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had partly explained why he needed her help , how it involved complying with the terms of his uncle 's will , although he had n't admitted yet why he needed the money so desperately . |
| 2 | Although he had always worked hard to maintain good relations with the tsar and the central government , he was not a professional courtier . |
| 3 | Something must have told him that he 'd not said quite the right thing , for he looked at Zeinab uneasily afterwards . |
| 4 | But he rode hard to the end of the track and when he reached Baby Boy 's white cross he hesitated , then he turned right , into the mountains , something that he 'd never done before . |
| 5 | He looked along this end of Mrs Wright 's house that he 'd never seen before . |
| 6 | The sheep had gone strangely quiet and there was a queer thundering noise that he 'd never heard before . |
| 7 | He 'd admitted early on that he 'd never looked closely at goats before . |
| 8 | It was as though she had died again , only it was worse , and he felt guilty that he had n't wept properly when she 'd really died . |
| 9 | I realized what a marvellous actor he was when I saw him in this and only wished that he had n't relied so much on the funny voices and hidden behind the easier way out of doing the characters that he could do so easily — and it was easy for him . |
| 10 | Apart from some dark patches on the wall that he had n't noticed before , there was nothing to see . |
| 11 | It took her a moment to realize that she 'd expected Daak to add his comment , and that he had n't done so . |
| 12 | There was so much , Brian thought , that he had n't seen before . |
| 13 | When the man saw this , he began to walk more quickly , then to run , as if triggered by some vulnerability in Nicola that he had n't found before . |
| 14 | He kept thinking of how his Mum and Dad would be when they found out he was n't back , that he had n't come home with either of them . |
| 15 | In the defence of Verdun , it will be recalled , de Castelnau had already rendered an invaluable service in the ‘ Intermediary Line ’ , hastily constructed as a result of his coup d'oeil in January , and — had there been time for the completion of the Third Position that he had also prescribed then — there seems a chance that the German breakthrough on the 24th might have been prevented altogether . |
| 16 | He knew that he had somehow to stay here on the headland , to keep always in view that monstrous building which dominated his imagination as it did his view . |
| 17 | She put her fingers to the top of his brow and traced a three inch scar downwards to the back of his ear , thinking as she did so , and not for the first time , that he had nearly paid dearly for his happiness . |
| 18 | And how were they to know that he had not wanted very much ? or was that to be his real pleasure ? |
| 19 | He had a close view of one of the pictures painted on the wall that he had not noticed before . |
| 20 | Again Balfour 's account is in substantial agreement , although he adds the gloss that when , at one stage in his summing up he referred to his assumption that Asquith would not serve under either Law or Lloyd George , Asquith intervened to say that he had not gone quite so far as that ; he must consult his friends before giving a final answer . |
| 21 | Now , in the faint light of the dawning day she had to accept that he had not done so . |
| 22 | In England obituaries regretted that he had not appeared more regularly for his country , while in Dunedin cricketers could only dream of the great things Jack Crawford might have done for Otago cricket … if only a World War had not interfered with something as important as cricket . |
| 23 | He claimed that he had not acted illegally , nor authorized others to do so , but also stated that he believed Poindexter to be innocent of the charges against him . |
| 24 | Perhaps it was simply that he had not spoken very well , being new to it , and they felt that he was not up to their fine ways ? |
| 25 | Some would have said that he had not taken even the first step , since he had been invested irregularly with his pastoral staff by the king . |
| 26 | We thought that he had probably found just eight such examples out of a total of 1,000 . |
| 27 | He felt as if he had walked for miles and knew that he had certainly had too much to drink . |
| 28 | Professor John McCutcheon , president of the Faculty of Activities , paid tribute to the volume and quality of Prof Wilkie 's work , and pointed out that he had now written more than 100 publications . |
| 29 | Clenching his teeth , George had to remind himself that he had now got just the endorsement he wanted . |
| 30 | Mr Blair also confirmed that he had recently spoken informally to Sinn Fein members in the City Hall about his plans to visit community centres in nationalist areas . |