Example sentences of "he had [verb] it [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he had spoilt it by saying that his reasons for leaving Australia had been personal , and she had assumed he had been involved in a similar situation to that with Jennifer . |
| 2 | He had done it by convening his kin and friends and other nobles in his support . |
| 3 | He had taken it for granted that his verbose and glib explanation of the facts would convince the jury of his innocence . |
| 4 | All his life , he had taken it for granted that they loved each other to the exclusion of anyone else . |
| 5 | He had taken it for granted that the other reasons did n't need to be spelled out . |
| 6 | The Association would have changed the day if the Minister had consulted them , but he had banned it without enabling them to change their plans . |
| 7 | Everyone he had shown it to had described it as brilliant , and by all accounts it was ; rejection hurt . |