Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pron] had [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Masai were elusive , even when constantly told they had nothing to fear , and consequently the British administration found itself engaged for fifty years in a ceaseless struggle to impose on them some measure of control . |
| 2 | ‘ Though Canon Wheeler apparently thought he had something on Paul . |
| 3 | I soon discovered she had her dates right and she was premature . |
| 4 | Before we got married I just thought I had I 'd never had my legs shaved er , waxed before . |
| 5 | And that 's when , that week , well she already knew she had something wrong |
| 6 | Perhaps the cultural divide was emphasized by being lovers and she quickly found she had nothing to say to him . |
| 7 | ‘ Mind you , ’ he said , ‘ Mr Shildon did n't say he 'd been searching your property or that he ever believed you had his keys . |
| 8 | ‘ Maurice always said you had his share of virtue as well as your own . |
| 9 | She attended the English Church until Lowe was dismissed and then tactfully discovered she had her own chaplain and therefore did not need to attend either of the rival churches . |
| 10 | The Queen of Holland probably felt she had something better to do . |
| 11 | Mike , furious , could see that Adam clearly felt he had nothing to fear from his little brother . |
| 12 | Du n no she probably did she had everything else . |
| 13 | The Minister later said he had nothing to add to a previous statement which said appointments were made on the basis of aptitude and merit . |
| 14 | Only Cardus , and maybe Vukmanovich really knew he had what it takes to be world champ . |
| 15 | She needed to keep up her continuity of male companionship , and humbly thought she had nothing to offer but sex . ) |
| 16 | Bands , like political parties , have squabbled , fractured and disappeared before the public even knew they had anything to offer . |
| 17 | She began to rake from the front of the house towards the road , then realized she had nothing in which to put the leaves . |
| 18 | She lay thinking about it for some time , then decided she had nothing to lose . |
| 19 | Never quite thought he had what it takes . |
| 20 | never noticed you had it ? |
| 21 | I hissed , ‘ Never thought he had it in ‘ im . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I honestly never thought you had it in you . |
| 23 | But I never knew I had it , so how could I wipe it off. ? |