Example sentences of "he had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had trawled for views and ideas , as has become his method . |
| 2 | He would give a clear , coherent account of how and why he had stabbed , shot , strangled , gassed or electrocuted her . |
| 3 | After he had stabbed a lone sergeant to death the callous murderer kept gory souvenirs of his crime in the glove compartment of his car . |
| 4 | There was a case where a householder escaped a claim for civil damages after he had stabbed an intruder with a bayonet ! |
| 5 | The householder claimed that the burglar had jumped him in the dark and so he had stabbed him . |
| 6 | ‘ If he had stabbed someone 17 times less than an hour before , which I do n't believe he did , he certainly showed not the slightest emotion . ’ |
| 7 | Although he had defied her before , it had only been in words but now the thought that he had the choice of putting those words into action and so set a new pattern , and in doing so break one of the threads that tied him to her , caused his whole body to tremble and his voice to quiver as he said , ‘ Either you give me permission freely to go with Mick tomorrow or I go down now and put it to Martin . ’ |
| 8 | He had defied his father ; refusing to be trained as the servant of a T'ang . |
| 9 | And grimly he had retorted , ‘ Well , you know what that 'll drive me to . ’ |
| 10 | He had kissed her . |
| 11 | After the first few dates when he had kissed and cuddled her and only touched her breasts through her blouse , he had started slipping his hand inside . |
| 12 | He had kissed her on the nose , and they had strolled around their small domain , debating what else they should do to the garden . |
| 13 | He had kissed her and fondled her breasts . |
| 14 | He had kissed Holly , wetly on each cheek , and he had not cared who had seen him , and he had whispered in Holly 's ear . |
| 15 | This did not prevent his offering Baldwin the Exchequer before he had kissed hands . |
| 16 | He had kissed her a second time . |
| 17 | She had sensed something more than mere adoration in the way he had kissed her and been aware of her body 's response . |
| 18 | She looked up at him and before she could say anything else he had kissed her . |
| 19 | Before she could do more than smile up at him , he had kissed her eyes , her lips , the soft skin of her neck just below her ear , and then he began to unbutton her clothes . |
| 20 | He had moved to kiss my mouth , but I had turned my head and he had kissed my cheek . |
| 21 | His mouth closed over hers again , the touch of it as intoxicating as it had been the very first time he had kissed her . |
| 22 | He grinned , giving her a full dose of his masculine charm , and she kissed him , lingeringly , just as he had kissed her . |
| 23 | They were , if that was possible , even more ferocious than the first time he had kissed her . |
| 24 | Within an hour he had kissed Maeve adieu and they were on the road south to Westminster . |
| 25 | Not when she loved him , and when he had kissed someone else already tonight , and when all he felt for her was … whatever he did feel . |
| 26 | Helpless in the grip of emotions that refused to be denied , she finally admitted to herself that it was what she wanted ; what she had wanted since he had kissed her , oh , so gently , in the kitchen . |
| 27 | She knew then why he had done it , why he had kissed her and taken his time . |
| 28 | She snuggled down and began to drift to sleep , memories of Alain holding her here as she wept on that first day , memories of him bringing her up to bed after he had kissed her in the kitchen , fluttering like moths in the light , easing her into sleep . |
| 29 | He had kissed her goodbye and seen her on to her flight . |
| 30 | The remark was enough to tell her that he had kissed her brow , and that he was firmly hauling himself back into the anti-female attitude which would give him security from involvement with a woman . |