Example sentences of "that had [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Neither , though , does he regret re-signing for the club last summer after intense speculation that had him moving under freedom of contract to an assortment of clubs in England or the continent . |
| 2 | His tongue teased at her lips until she opened them helplessly , allowing him to deepen the kiss , his tongue stroking hers in an act of burning sexuality that had her sagging against him . |
| 3 | It seemed that , every time she resolved not to let her wayward emotions get the better of her , he said something that had her responding to him like a fourteen-year-old star-struck teenager all over again . |
| 4 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 5 | It was the temple for everyone who wanted to be involved in something that had nothing to do with what most people thought was ‘ happening ’ in that part of the seventies . |
| 6 | The shop now caters for the mainstream market , but it was built upon bringing in exclusive trainers from Germany in the early Eighties , trainers that had nothing to do with America , but a lot to do with the nomad Scousers , and Wade Smith often supplemented his stock by buying from Liverpool ‘ entrepreneurs ’ with time on their hands to travel to Deutschland and acquire , by various methods , the much sought after , exclusive Adidas Trim-Trab . |
| 7 | An invitation that had nothing to do with money , but owed more to sheep in a shelter on the other side of England . |
| 8 | Yet for all the expense , the effort , the bloodshed , Henry achieved only one obvious success , and that had nothing to do with Hertford 's armies . |
| 9 | Again silence ; an arctic frosting of the air that had nothing to do with the weather . |
| 10 | He also ran a couple of other businesses that had nothing to do with boats and were probably much more profitable . |
| 11 | And to my recollection , no one for whom Prost has ever driven has had a bad word to say about him , save at the very end of Prost 's career with Renault , when other factors that had nothing to do with driving intruded . |
| 12 | Wars that were to end abruptly and , ironically , for reasons that had nothing to do with internal musical divisions . |
| 13 | But in the immediate wake of the October 19 crash , IBM 's most serious rival , Comdisco , disclosed that it had lost $100m in a business that had nothing to do with its main occupation of leasing and trading IBM equipment . |
| 14 | He was bewitched , she could see that ; changed into something else , as Fand and the other Women had been — something that had nothing to do with his real self . |
| 15 | All three teachers were adamant that despite the lack of time for consultation , the lack of space and resources and other problems that had nothing to do with the curricular rationale behind the project , it had been a great success . |
| 16 | And Kate kissed him back , caught up in feelings that had nothing to do with background or career or anything except pure sensation . |
| 17 | Now , most people think that you were a fish wife because you were married to a fisherman that had nothing to do with it ! |
| 18 | And it had made him feel big in a way that had nothing to do with macho trappings . |
| 19 | Edward had come to realise that he found some bodies more appealing than others , and that the contemplation of them aroused feelings that had nothing to do with artistic appreciation . |
| 20 | She was taken by surprise by the friendly smile he turned on her , and for a moment she dreamed they were going on a holiday together that had nothing to do with Dana and Garry and everything to do with each other . |
| 21 | There was a sadness in the room , a feeling of oppression , that had nothing to do with the years of dirt and disarray . |
| 22 | She directed her eyes to his , secretly willing him to see the truth that had nothing to do with her partner or Maria Luisa — the truth that she had loved him then and still did . |
| 23 | ‘ Charity begins at home , ’ Ruth suggested wryly at the same time uncharitably thinking that Maria Luisa must have put Fernando under such a terrible strain over something that had nothing to do with him . |
| 24 | His body was washed in silver by the moonlight and when he removed his shirt she felt a tiny shiver of something that had nothing to do with the pervasive cold of the night air on her chilled skin . |
| 25 | He was perceptive enough to know that she was suffering from some sort of emotional wound that had nothing to do with him . |
| 26 | She wailed , standing there , looking in at the room that had nothing left of him . |
| 27 | This view is essentially anthropomorphic ; we are mammals after all and it is perhaps comforting to think that our own distant relatives so directly proved their supremacy over slow-witted reptiles that had nothing to fight with but their bulk . |
| 28 | Vicky and I , although occasionally playing roles that had something to do with the ( slight ) story , were more often in a group ( Country Maidens , Serving Wenches , even Coiffed Nuns … ) . |
| 29 | It may well be that had they known of it they would have been even more exigent . |
| 30 | It was really high pressure sort of stuff followed by this terrible waiting period , because no sooner did the record come out , and the space shot take off , the BBC banned every record that had anything to do with the moon . |