Example sentences of "he had [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he had probably left exactly when he meant to leave , intending to attack Terry Place but being killed himself . |
| 2 | He had barely addressed more than a few brief and studiously polite words to her — and yet every fibre of her being was vibrantly aware of his magnetic , almost menacing presence . |
| 3 | This , allied to the respect and admiration he had already gained here as captain of our 1977 promotion team and as a member of the full Welsh International side , established an empathy between Ian and the fans which made him part of the folk-lore of Crystal Palace Football Club . |
| 4 | He had already consumed more than one bottle of wine on his own , Alyssia managing to sip so slowly through her one glass that she was still stone-cold sober , and fully aware that at this rate her lift home would be out of the question and that she would more likely have to get a taxi . |
| 5 | Highlighted by his 333 at Lord 's , his Test average shot up from 36.90 to more than 40 — no mean achievement as he had already played more than 130 Test innings . |
| 6 | He had never done faster than 1min 54sec before 1938 and he was attacking 1min 49.8sec . |
| 7 | Herbert 's work involved travelling to various parts of Africa , Europe and the Middle East , and although theoretically based in Johannesburg , he told an interviewer that he had never spent more than six weeks continuously in his office there . |
| 8 | He said that he wrote stories , though he had to admit that he had never got further than the first two pages . |
| 9 | 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 . |