Example sentences of "[vb past] that he have found " in BNC.

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1 He looked at the number plate and realized that he had found the sole piece of ostentation Miss Morgan had allowed herself ; she had been Angela Jane Morgan and the car was AJM 563 .
2 Since the war had interrupted his career as a merchant , Peto needed to find an alternative outlet for his many talents and interests , and when childhood friend Ervin Marton , a photographer and designer domiciled in France , introduced him to photography , he quickly realised that he had found his true artistic vocation .
3 The RRA monitored the dumping operation , however , and on April Fools Day 1980 Michael Linehan of the RRA announced that he had found exposed sacks of asbestos waste at the Barnahely dump .
4 As an example of the pitfalls involved in drafting questions , we can consider the fuss that there was in 1983 when Hill announced that he had found that as many as 40 per cent of six-year-old children had seen ‘ video-nasties ’ ( i.e. video films of horror , violence , and sadistic sex ) .
5 ( I remember having an urgent telephone call from a professional astronomer who believed that he had found a bright nova .
6 He added that he had found an " eagerness " among US businesses to return to South Africa .
7 ‘ No ! ’ she shrieked , and managed a half-turn away from him , then discovered that he had found a way of keeping her exactly where he wanted her .
8 Paheri accused Surere of taking too soft a line ; but I also heard that he 'd found Surere in bed with a stable boy .
9 Eventually , satisfied that he had found what he wanted , the Doctor halted , waving the box around for final confirmation .
10 Mrs Dass exclaimed softly from her sun-chair in the bow window , and her husband confessed that he 'd found an old set of blackout curtains that were just about right for size .
11 I carried on drinking and talking until Ken O'Mara rushed into the room and screamed that he 'd found the body . ’
12 He thought that he 'd found what he wanted in a village so small that it was n't even marked on his petrol-station roadmap .
13 I thought that he had found his salvation with me .
14 From him , I heard of leys for the first time , and learned that he had found alignments of tree clumps in the countryside around his home .
15 Poshekhonov said that he had found the way to laugh , he had picked up the spear of ridicule .
16 The Home Secretary said that he had found prison governors who were in favour of the Bill .
17 Bernheim 's results suggested that he had found some substances which were good for tubercle bacilli , and , by applying the principle of competitive antagonism , he sought closely related compounds which would also be taken up by them but would block the pathway of the stimulants .
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