Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [pron] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He reminded her of her concern when she had heard her father had gone out to lunch the day he died , and he put it to her that she had guessed whom he had met . |
| 2 | But if there was one thing the past weeks had taught her it was that work was an antidote to worry . |
| 3 | Chola took Kalchu 's side , saying that the red bitch had never harmed anyone before , that If the Tibetan had provoked her it was his own fault . |
| 4 | Cunningham drew on his cigar and paused for eye-twinkling effect , but already Harry had foreseen what he would say next . |
| 5 | She frowned ; she might be prepared to forget the past to help the work situation , but she had no intention of letting this man think she had forgiven what he had done in the past . |
| 6 | She could not stop herself recalling the moment when she had realised what it was the dog had had in its mouth . |
| 7 | He had realised what he was meant for . |
| 8 | Belinda had the case-file in front her and had handed it over without a word almost before he had realised who she was . |
| 9 | ‘ Trumper , the duty officer would like a word with you , ’ said the sergeant-major , after Charlie had completed what he had assumed was his last duty . |
| 10 | He had heard what she 'd said and he did n't like it . |
| 11 | But if her companion had heard her he gave no sign . |
| 12 | Giving no sign that he had heard anything he went through his routine again . |
| 13 | As far back as Lenin , Communists had recognized what he called the ‘ objective contradictions ’ of capitalism . |
| 14 | In this case that individual shall not be chargeable to tax under s740 by reference to relevant income which is such that if he had received it he would not , by reason of his being so domiciled , have been chargeable to income tax in respect of it . |
| 15 | The relevant provision is s740(5) which reads thus : An individual who is domiciled outside the United Kingdom shall not , in respect of any benefit not received in the United Kingdom , be chargeable to tax under [ s740 ] by reference to relevant income which is such that if he had received it he would not , by reason of his being so domiciled , have been chargeable to income tax in respect of it ; and [ s65(6)– ( 9 ) ] shall apply for the purposes of [ s740(5) ] as they would apply for the purposes of [ s65(5) ] if the benefit were income arising from possessions outside the United Kingdom . |
| 16 | The first limb provides that if the recipient is domiciled outside the United Kingdom and the benefit is not received in the United Kingdom then the recipient shall not be chargeable to tax by reference to relevant income which is such that if he had received it he would not by reason of his being so domiciled have been chargeable to tax in respect of it . |
| 17 | By now Mr Palmer 's three colleagues had stopped what they were doing in order to follow our conversation . |
| 18 | He had given everything he had . |
| 19 | He asked who had given her them , and she said they were a present from her mother . |
| 20 | Save for the nuts and honey which Tom had given her she had eaten nothing since leaving the cabin of Simon the Trapper . |
| 21 | Well , Queen Carlotta had given him it , and her bastard brother-usurper had confirmed it , so he either had it twice or not at all . |
| 22 | Instead , more tentatively , he said : ‘ I suppose Hilda had given anything she had of interest to Mr Kronweiser before she died . ’ |
| 23 | As we talked , I felt that if I had pressed him he would have loaned it to me anyway , but the Land Rover was necessary for the research programme and it would have been irresponsible to put John 's work at risk . |
| 24 | When Newman had pressed her she had become vague . |
| 25 | Anthony returned soon after five o'clock with the news that there was no penicillin in the city at all , but that he had telephoned everyone he could think of who might supply it and had sent a telegram to UNRRA headquarters . |
| 26 | Before she had solved it she was distracted by a general movement in the room . |
| 27 | She stood , slowly turned , and where the spines had penetrated her she oozed bright sap . |
| 28 | Borg had enjoyed what he may well have considered an unrepeatable run of success ; perhaps he thought it was all downhill from there . |
| 29 | The 18 Kurile islands to the north of the disputed territories were Russian territory , and Soviet troops had occupied what they regarded as the southern part of the chain at the end of the Pacific War in 1945 . |
| 30 | ‘ If he had caught her he 'd be back by now , ’ Michael said . |