Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] had [verb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | How I had despised his brutishness then , and how I longed for his toughness , his uncomplicated , animal certainty now . |
| 2 | How I had welcomed his physicality , his touch : the tiniest sensation that yes , it might be all right . |
| 3 | Only a sharp expression in the eyes suggested how he had made his way in the do-or-die world of modern publishing , where niceness gets you nowhere . |
| 4 | By this time there was a great interest in how he had overcome his problem when so many other treatments had failed . |
| 5 | ‘ All the evidence is there , is n't it ? ’ he remarked , and enlightened her as to how he had reached his conclusions . |
| 6 | It should therefore have been aware of the danger that he would try to cover his liabilities from whatever funds he had access to ( Eagle 's funds ) , but that it made no inquiries about the source of the monies or how he had met his obligations . |
| 7 | Her husband had been proud of how he had lived his life . |
| 8 | While they reconnoitred the bar and found their seats ( on the aisle , so that , if his services as an understudy were required , Charles could be quickly extracted ) , he gave Frances a brief résumé of how he had lost his part . |
| 9 | It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot . |
| 10 | I interrupted him to ask him exactly how he had broken his ankles — if it was doing a Bungee Jump there was no way I was going to do it . |
| 11 | She could see how he had worked his way into her aunt 's affections . |
| 12 | Last year , Thomas asked for a Mental Health Review Tribunal — and told how he had staged his madman act . |
| 13 | A MAN who killed his cheating wife walked free yesterday after a judge heard how he had dedicated his life to his family . |
| 14 | How he had passed his medical tests was a mystery to everybody ; he was completely incapable of marching in time and swung his arms like a chimpanzee , unsynchronised and out of time . |
| 15 | A heavy air of preoccupation hung over him for days after his return , and I recall once , in reply to my inquiring how he had enjoyed his trip , his remarking : ‘ Disturbing , Stevens . |
| 16 | When asked how he had enjoyed his stay at Castaic , he said , ‘ It was a relief to get away for a while . |
| 17 | Otto turned out to have measureless charm and the most courteous manner , and in slow , correct English told us of how he had perfected his tactics in Baltic exercises before the war , how he had put them into practice in the Atlantic , and how , on the night after his capture , he had played bridge in the day-cabin of Captain Macintyre with one of the ship 's lieutenants and the captains of two merchant ships he had sunk , and then slept ( for Captain Macintyre was in his sea-cabin ) in Captain Macintyre 's bunk . |
| 18 | Heartbroken Tim Godwin weeps as he tells how he had to tell his 23-month-old daughter Sophie : ‘ Mummy is n't coming back ’ . |
| 19 | I noticed how he had slipped his feet under the exposed roots of trees — themselves held in the grasp of the hollow . |
| 20 | She had seen Martin earlier that day in a quiet room in the undertakers where she had touched his soft , gentle face for the last time . |
| 21 | Val had never , during their time together , proposed to Roland that they visit her mother , though Roland had twice taken her to Glasdale , where she had helped his father wash up , and had taken his mother 's jeering deflation of their way of life in her stride , telling him , ‘ Do n't worry , Mole . |
| 22 | Three years ago — the day after Under Secretary Lehmann had been killed in the House by Tolonen — he had summoned the leaders of the House before him , and there , in the Purple Forbidden City where they had murdered his son , had granted them concessions , amongst them permission to build a generation starship . |
| 23 | For since that day when he had made his accusations , tearing her heart to shreds in the process , Jake had refused to have any more to do with her . |
| 24 | But there were times when he had to hold his tongue , if only to ensure that he could keep on using this fool for his own ends . |
| 25 | After a moment or two when he had swallowed his steak and could speak safely , he went on , ‘ Modern theology does n't help , I dare say . |
| 26 | That 's when he had lost his temper . |
| 27 | He pushed away from the table as he had the previous night when he had lost his temper . |
| 28 | Recalling what he knew of the ardours and achievements of Freeborn 's forty odd years in the Forensic Science Service , the difficult war years , the delayed retirement , the last five years when he had exchanged his directorship for the frustrations of bureaucracy , Dalgliesh said : |
| 29 | I had known Bruce for some years as he often ministered to friends , and on two or three occasions when he had laid his hands on my back , the heat emanating from them was like a blowtorch . |
| 30 | Alexei remembered Sidacai 's veiled insolence — the times when he had used his status as the son of a son of Daijin to thwart Burun . |