Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] [pron] had " in BNC.
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| 31 | My aunt was explaining that she had come up to visit me . |
| 32 | She unpacked her suitcase , explaining that she had , on this occasion , brought none of her ‘ little delicacies ’ with her . |
| 33 | Merrill was drying her hair on Saturday afternoon when Diane from the next flat knocked at the door and held out a letter addressed to Merrill , explaining that it had been included with her junk mail which she had ignored until a moment ago . |
| 34 | Before reaching London , Gloucester apparently wrote to the council and to the city 's mayor , explaining that he had taken possession of the prince because the circle around the boy had been inimical to the safety of king and kingdom . |
| 35 | Ronald Duncan offered a perhaps apocryphal account of how lunch had been cancelled when Eliot sent a telegram explaining that he had to " bury a woman " . |
| 36 | He came to see me some weeks later explaining that he had failed to get a job . |
| 37 | Before reaching London , Gloucester apparently wrote to the council and to the city 's mayor , explaining that he had taken possession of the prince because the circle around the boy had been inimical to the safety of king and kingdom . |
| 38 | Today Wilkinson hit back , explaining that he had picked the best team for the job and claiming his selection was vindicated by a 3–0 win . |
| 39 | A doctor jilted by a nurse took revenge by falsely diagnosing that she had the Aids virus . |
| 40 | He was simply checking that she had considered all the angles before reaching her decision to go . |
| 41 | When she 'd finished she got her bag and anorak , checking that she had enough in her purse for bus fare , and let herself out the kitchen door . |
| 42 | She pulled the zip of her bag shut and glanced around the room , checking that she had n't forgotten anything she would need . |
| 43 | He covered her over and ran the torch around the dirt , checking that he had not left any incriminating clues . |
| 44 | Only when he trawled his memory of leaving the room earlier , and found there a distinct recollection of checking that he had locked the door behind him , did irritation turn to anxiety . |
| 45 | I believe now the driver — I did n't see who it was — was checking that I had left the pub . |
| 46 | I leant back and looked at the seat of my trousers , checking that I had brushed off the mud ; I wanted to make the transition from somebody who had just slept rough to somebody who looked as though he was out for an early walk . |
| 47 | Every now and then Mazzin would run his hands over me , checking that I had n't somehow ripped off the bindings and was n't about to attack him . |
| 48 | He was just checking that I had n't left for good , was glad that I had n't , and was that real coffee he could smell ? |
| 49 | Revealing that they had cystic fibrosis at job interviews reduced likelihood of being employed for those with mild to moderate disease . |
| 50 | The case , Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. , arose from the attempt of Dan Cohen , a Minnesota political operative , to sue two of the state 's largest newspapers for revealing that he had leaked information to them . |
| 51 | But Georgie then pulled a master-stroke by revealing that she had a talent for automatic writing . |
| 52 | Crown counsel informed defence counsel of an inconsistency between the sister 's testimony and her first statement without showing him that statement or revealing that she had made a second statement confirming the first statement in that respect . |
| 53 | ‘ Barney 's as thrilled as I am , ’ Cara replied , revealing that she had phoned him as soon as she 'd read her mail . |
| 54 | Now that I had this label — ‘ partially sighted ’ — and it was clear that my disability would become more acute , the teachers and girls at school found some semblance of the tolerance and understanding that they had previously lacked , and I slowly began to edge my way up the academic ladder . |
| 55 | Not out of Steve , anyway , who was saying nothing much , only affirming that he had bashed Charley to save his mother ; he had ‘ guessed ’ where she was . |
| 56 | The defendent appealed , argueing that he had been lead to make his statement by being promised bail , and had been mislead by being falsely told that his companion had confessed ; but the judgment of the court was against him . |
| 57 | This is an aspect of weaving that I had n't thought about until I read Audrey Palmer 's book ‘ Create with Knitweave ’ . |
| 58 | And on your belt , when you 're walking and you had a a lamp hook , which was got a very sharp spike on it you see , and when you was working er shovelling , you 'd stick it in a prop you see ? |
| 59 | She had dreamt of this moment , fantasised it in her mind so many lonely dark nights , and now it was happening and nothing had prepared her for this self-destruction . |
| 60 | Mrs Healy said that she heard the girls were running and laughing like they had done in Knockglen and they were hit by a car . |