Example sentences of "'s father had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Preston 's father had decided to vary the tradition by volunteering , whilst in the Royal Navy , to be bombed by a low-flying aircraft with bags containing radioactive dust . |
| 2 | Davide 's father had shaken his head . |
| 3 | By the time that Colt 's father had warmed a broth to take upstairs with the scrambled egg and toast that he would himself eat for his supper , the letter to his son would have been delivered to the Colonel 's department . |
| 4 | Sartre records that by 1920–21 , the personal predicament of Nizan 's father had become so desperate that he had taken to disappearing at frequent intervals from the family home at night , disappearances which Sartre interprets as " attempted suicides " . |
| 5 | When he had recovered from his embarrassment , Alexei 's father had freed her — on the grounds that it was improper for a woman to be bought and sold like merchandise — and with Mei Ling 's consent had opted to marry her . |
| 6 | Once long ago , Otto Werner 's father had danced with Esther Breuer 's mother , on New Year 's Eve , in Vienna , in 1925 : but neither of them remembers the incident , and therefore , perhaps , it does not exist ? |
| 7 | Jack 's father had asked him not to mention the accident in front of the younger children . |
| 8 | Glyn 's father had retired two years ago and now Glyn had taken his place , working with Ned Clarke , who had been her mother 's solicitor , a rather dour , calm-faced man who always slightly worried Jenna . |
| 9 | They would has/e swum naked only Rufus 's father had discovered them doing this and made a fuss out of all proportion to the offence , if offence it was . |
| 10 | In earlier evidence the court heard that both the detective in charge of the investigation , Superintendent Muchuri Wanjau , and the dead woman 's father had cleared of blame Stephen Watson , an English safari leader , and an Australian marine biologist , Glen Burns . |
| 11 | Over three-quarters of the taxable imports into England came through the port of London , so that collecting the London duties provided a chance to become very rich ; this was how Sir Thomas 's father had gained his fortune and his title of ‘ Customer ’ Smith . |
| 12 | Further research revealed that the grantee 's father had called himself Mangnall . |
| 13 | The table he sat at was circular and made of pine or what Hilbert and Adam 's father had called deal . |
| 14 | The laibon 's father had explained to Fahfakhs that the family was ready to pay compensation , up to the full amount possible . |
| 15 | The patient 's father had presented in 1976 at the age of 69 with rapidly progressive dementia associated with ataxia , myoclonus , and pseudoperiodic complexes on electroencephalography . |
| 16 | Angel 's father had inherited 4,000 acres , but had sold off so much that only 800 acres were left for Angel and his three sisters . |
| 17 | Philip 's father had served in the Irish Guards in the First World War , and was always referred to by his rank . |
| 18 | It was not far from where Raoul 's father had lived , the same kind of two-storey place with a walled garden , ornamental trellis gate , and roaming dogs . |
| 19 | ‘ You 'll disgrace us all , ’ Arty 's father had said . |
| 20 | ‘ They taught her to write nicely , ’ Benny 's father had said approvingly . |
| 21 | ‘ God , that would turn a few of them over in their graves up there under the yew trees , ’ Benny 's father had said , but again there was no explanation of why . |
| 22 | Yeremi 's father had said , ‘ It is His will that we cleave to our station , where we are safe , and thus secure the safety of our hive . ’ |
| 23 | Would your answer be different if William 's father had said , ‘ If you pass the examination I will take you , etc. ? ’ |
| 24 | Boswell 's father had rendered Lady Macleod of Dunvegan some legal service in a dispute with the laird of Brodie and James basked in the repayment of the compliment . |
| 25 | And when they 'd separated after the cash had run out , his mother had coped ; Stuart 's father had gone abroad , eventually they 'd lost touch . |
| 26 | John 's father had told him vague stories about a grandfather who was said to have spent his time in mysterious pursuits of his own , returning home at intervals to sire another child before disappearing again . |
| 27 | In retrospect it can be seen to mark the beginning of the end of the Pahlavi dynasty , which the Shah 's father had founded just fifty years before . |
| 28 | Fred 's father had owned a pub near a music hall where Arthur 's father had often played , and before their sons were even born the men had sometimes had Saturday-night booze-ups together . |
| 29 | Pepita 's father had died two months previously . |
| 30 | John Tennant 's father had died while John was still in his twenties and as well as taking over Laigh Corton Farm , he had taken responsibility for his mother and the rest of the family . |