Example sentences of "and [vb past] [subord] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She tried to calm him , insisting that no one could believe he was a murderer , and asked whether he had called his wife . |
| 2 | Eliot summoned Mona and asked whether she 'd had access to the computer while working for MacQuillan . |
| 3 | Mr Martin stood and asked if they had reached a verdict . |
| 4 | But then should I also have said that Oliver rang up the next day and asked if I 'd liked them ? |
| 5 | Mum and Dad were dozing in their chairs but Dad opened his eyes as I sat down and asked if I 'd enjoyed the picture . |
| 6 | As we walked towards an ancient Volkswagen she took my arm and rested too heavily upon it and asked if I 'd brought her anything from London . |
| 7 | ‘ Because , three months ago , Heather telephoned me and asked if I 'd taken Clare to the Skein of Geese a couple of weeks before her death . |
| 8 | She turned to me and asked if I had spoken to my husband today , was he well , and the children . |
| 9 | This was not the moment to lecture him on the facts of hospital life , so I said briefly , ‘ Patients prefer two to one , ’ and asked if he had explained his position to Sister . |
| 10 | Then , while shopping in Fore Street one morning , he was approached by Timothy Gedge , who smiled at him as though nothing untoward had occurred between them and asked if he had come to a decision about donating the curtains . |
| 11 | On replying : ‘ Yes , ’ he was reminded that the end of the tax year was approaching and asked if he had considered investing in a pension . |
| 12 | The constable took out his notebook , and asked if anyone had witnessed the incident . |
| 13 | It had ‘ failed to make my flesh creep ’ , he reports guardedly , in a phrase he was to repeat years later about it in his life of Ronald Knox ( 1959 ) , and failed because it had denied the existence of the soul and omitted all mention of the Church . |
| 14 | David Hagen , meanwhile , played from the start for the first time in Rangers ' colours and scored after he had knocked the ball over Tortolano 's head inside the penalty box , killed it on his chest and then struck a volley beyond Burridge . |
| 15 | After eighteen months , despite a tight budget , Paul is fully stocked , with an incredible 37 fish , all of which he has bought small and watched as they 've thrived and grown on . |
| 16 | She laughed and screamed until I had to smother her mouth with kisses . |
| 17 | Tempy threw back her head and laughed until she had to wipe away the tears . |
| 18 | The smile had come out for the landlord , and disappeared when he had left the room . |
| 19 | Guido 's totally unexpected reference to Arnie , and the way he 'd cocked his head at her and smiled as he 'd said it , had thrown her and made her feel totally vulnerable . |
| 20 | I 'm afraid I lost my temper and said if he 'd fallen foul of the IRA it bloody well served him right for supporting them . ’ |
| 21 | Actual filming began once the bowler started his run-up , and continued until he had completed his followthrough . |
| 22 | They had dragged the body of the count from the room and continued where they had left off , their animal lust fuelled by the smell of death and the anguished screams of his sobbing daughter . |
| 23 | As he was getting into the train , Jordi smiled and shrugged as he had done that night in Valladolid when the secret police had led him away . |
| 24 | A red haze swam in front of Amiss 's eyes , but he remembered the dead Trueman and waited until it had passed . |
| 25 | He stood up when she came in and waited until she had taken the chair on the other side of the desk . |
| 26 | She climbed into the car without hesitation , and waited until he had turned round again , using a side road opposite , before speaking . |
| 27 | One night he nearly caught her , so she climbed up a lamppost. and waited until he had gone . |
| 28 | I would have caught up with you earlier but I saw you talking to that poor downtrodden mouse of a Haynes woman and waited till she 'd gone . |
| 29 | Shelley closed the filing cabinet and the desk , and wondered whether he had forgotten her . |
| 30 | She said she had seen the programme and wondered if it had spoiled anything for me , but I was able to reassure her that it had improved my life . |