Example sentences of "had he [verb] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old warrior would have been flattered had he seen the care with which Washington prepared for his first visit . |
| 2 | Had he seen the timer in a shop window at half the price , he would have ignored it . |
| 3 | No sooner had he freed the platform of the Collector 's superfluous presence than the Doctor sprang into his place and held up his hand for silence . |
| 4 | Cramer started at the beginning : Why had he quit the flat in Kensington ? |
| 5 | Had he survived the maelstrom of the psychedelic '60s , guitar god Jim Hendrix would be pushing 50 this year . |
| 6 | But had he guessed the rest of it ? |
| 7 | Never again had he thought the love of woman could touch his heart , not after the pain of knowing Tatiana was lost to him for ever . |
| 8 | This judicial tinkering was justified because the court was ‘ sure that the altered decision represent[ed] that which the decision-maker would have enacted had he appreciated the limitation on his powers ’ . |
| 9 | Had he taken the bismuth with him ? |
| 10 | As with so many things , no sooner had he taken the idea to himself than he began to resent it passionately . |
| 11 | Nor had he spent the night at the opera , or at the Naval and Military Club , or feasting at Hummums Hotel as in the case of the respectable ruffians of Cremorne . |
| 12 | He had not dealt with the bishop 's weak points nor , according to Hooker , had he carried the audience with him . |
| 13 | At no time had he mentioned the therapist by name . |
| 14 | But where had he got the information from ? ’ |