Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she was waiting for him to say that she did n't need to diet she had a long wait . |
| 2 | That he did not so do indicates he had some other categories in mind as well . |
| 3 | If you get all serious , I 'll begin to wish I had n't said anything at all . ’ |
| 4 | He 'd like the power and he 'd like knowing he had me where he wanted me . |
| 5 | ‘ When I started taking those wickets last summer , I began did begin to think I had a chance of representing my country but , to be truthful , I did n't think it could be more than the England A side . |
| 6 | And a Chartist candidate too , he 'd heard , if one could believe the insolence , bringing his Chartist banners and his hymns to Frizingley again ; with not a hope of winning , of course , since the men who would like to elect him had no votes to do it with . |
| 7 | Presently there were feet on the stairs — a headlong clatter that would have frightened her had she been capable of ordinary feelings . |
| 8 | ‘ But I would have guessed she had a good head for holding her drink . |
| 9 | My driving on was not a blind impulse , for I had reasons to stop with which I would have justified myself had I done so , but I discounted them in favour of other reasons for continuing . |
| 10 | ‘ But they must have realised something had been going on ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ There is no doubt , the prosecution suggests , that this young defendant must have realised what had happened , but witnesses saw him accelerate away . ’ |
| 12 | A stern note from the IBA advised him that if he had read the small print on his contract , he would have realised he had no right to . |
| 13 | ‘ He should have realised he had nothing to prove and now , thankfully , he does . |
| 14 | time starts to run from the date on which a reasonable person in the position of the plaintiff would have realised he had suffered damage in the form of the acquisition of a defective house . |
| 15 | There were accusations last night that doctors at the hospital should have realised she had classic symptoms of the disorder . |
| 16 | She feels he should have realised she had n't meant the things she said . ’ |
| 17 | So 15 of the chosen 30 have a very modest international background — and this going into tests against Australia , the World Cup holders , and South Africa , who rather fancy that they would have won it had they been invited . |
| 18 | This time , with some need to be cautious and not show her hand too soon , she said nothing to Ellen whom she judged would most likely have forgotten she had sworn to come and get Oreste herself . |
| 19 | They caught up with Henry 's rearguard , which was under William Marshal 's command and , in William 's opinion , would have overwhelmed them had not William himself saved the day . |
| 20 | Colwyn , who requested the match to be brought forward a week to avoid clashing with this weekend 's important game between Glamorgan and Durham at their Rhos on Sea ground , must have wished they had n't bothered . |
| 21 | When she heard the grumbles of the county landowners after the announcement , she may have wished she had done . |
| 22 | He must have wished he had been there , protected by the Pinkerton security guards employed here , earlier in the week when a messenger arrived at the course to serve a paternity suit . |
| 23 | He must have wished he had stayed at home . |
| 24 | Wednesday must have wished he had , the way Atkinson chested down and volleyed home a 20th-minute clearance , then spun brilliantly on a Neal Cox through ball to score a second after 67 . |
| 25 | I had a feeling when I read those words over 40 years ago , and written in the heat of the aftermath of a long and tiresome period of war , that Sir Arthur might have wished he had put it differently . |
| 26 | Since he had a lady so much more deserving than myself , I could have wished I had been of his sex and then there never would have been a more perfect friendship . |
| 27 | We were n't allowed to have a we were n't allowed to have a cup of tea in break time no but er we were all on edge you know for fear , if he kicked it it would have scalded his foot and he were , he were only a few inches away from it , and of course he went now what we used to say now nosing around and we should n't have done he had a job to get round because he was |
| 28 | At last , Swan must have decided they had done enough teasing . |
| 29 | ‘ I would have said we had quite a number of things to discuss , my darling , ’ Luke contradicted her , the endearment a taunt and a challenge as always , never meant . |
| 30 | ‘ It was n't right because of what people might say — seeing you there night after night eating alone , they might have said you had been abandoned . ’ |