Example sentences of "[noun sg] that he had [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sound of the Latino 's voice , cold and quiet , brought back the fear that he had forgotten for a moment . |
| 2 | He put one of their cocktail nuts into my mouth off a silver tray that he had balanced for the moment on the washbasin , and set himself to work on my mascara . |
| 3 | These directions were in complete contradiction to his old habits and Alexander found they were successful in bringing about the change that he had sought for so long . |
| 4 | Margaret came from a wealthy family , and Richard was anxious to allay any suspicion that he had married for money . |
| 5 | for example , long after Bede , in his Boke of Nurture John Russell , who had been Marshal of the household of the great patron of learning , the youngest son of Henry IV , Duke Humphrey of Gloucester ( 1391–1447 ) , described how the four courses of an elaborate fish-dinner that he had prepared for his master and guests was accompanied by appropriate ‘ subtleties ’ , or ornamental devices . |
| 6 | But he felt as well something far greater — the sudden joy of life that he had pleaded for as the old eagle 's right , and in pleading for it then had begun at last to claim it as his own . |
| 7 | Fignon said in a statement that he had asked for a second test at a different laboratory but his request had been turned down . |
| 8 | His explanation that he had worked for several years for one master , until his employer had died , mollified Jonadab a little . |
| 9 | Despite the fact that he had worked for most of the period of his contract in England , lived in England , was paid in English currency and paid National Insurance contributions in the UK , he was at all times liable to be recalled to Dhaka . |
| 10 | The mistake was made even more stupid by the fact that he had known for some time the big tides were due . |