Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] had [verb] [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been trained to recognise anybody who had served under him , or who had helped him in any way . |
| 2 | The boys heard the crash and they ran as fast as they could to get help from the police and ambulance , but when the police and ambulance got there they only found the boys ' fishing tackle where they had dumped it in such haste . |
| 3 | He had a soft face and a long white beard with red , yellow and blue bits at the end where he had dipped it in strange chemicals by mistake . |
| 4 | When one day I tidied up and cleared out this cupboard , I realised that I had ignored everything in it for over a year . |
| 5 | ‘ He could n't live with the thought that someone had touched me in that way . |
| 6 | And seeing that someone had joined them in the chapel , he pinched Caterina 's cheek , and lightly slapping her shoulder , said aloud , ‘ Away with you , find someone else to pester . ’ |
| 7 | He had not been serious , and although she had thought herself in love with him at the time he had known that it would be a mistake for them to marry — even if Burun , who was her father , had been prepared to permit such a thing . |
| 8 | She spoke truthfully for the first time and said she had n't any more of it — which was a direct admission that she had had it in the first place . |
| 9 | Feeling a need suddenly for warmth and companionship , she turned , meaning to retrace her steps to where Fen sat , apparently engrossed now that she had left him in peace . |
| 10 | He tipped up her chin so she had to look him in the eyes but she pulled her face away . |
| 11 | She told herself that it must be kept carefully , to be left out for Mrs Kettering when their stay was over , so she had put it in a compartment of her handbag . |
| 12 | It was fortunate indeed that we had put him in a cell with another person . |
| 13 | Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s . |
| 14 | She implied that they had heard it in the shop and Tony said reassuringly , ‘ Do n't worry about it . |
| 15 | Later I found that they had put me in prison because of my madness . |
| 16 | Some of them could not believe that they had found themselves in a church , and were only stopping off en route to a nearby pub . |
| 17 | It was clear to me that they had spared him in order to groom him for their own uses . |
| 18 | John gave the leading part , of the woman whose husband is drowned , to a young dancer he had not previously created for , although he had partnered her in Khadra , Sheilah O'Reilly . |
| 19 | It never occurred to him that the story was questionable , that Wainfleet had deliberately published something he did not totally believe and that he had done it in retaliation for being humiliated . |
| 20 | I did not venture to express my opinion , fearing that my taste might have become corrupted by my long residence in the Indies ; but since my companion had recently come from France , it was quite a relief to hear him say that he had seen nothing in Europe quite so bold and majestic . ’ |
| 21 | The leading actor had believed in it so heartily that he had kicked it in mid-speech and got his foot embedded in it . |
| 22 | I mean he went to school , he went to oh school , but he lived at Enfield and erm , you 'd have never thought then that he had got it in him and , so dry I said to dad I said he never ought to be a bus driver , cos the things he comes out with , he 'd have to be a comedian , I mean he 's , I mean as er , what , they used to call the comedians did n't they , three or four of them on the telly , and I mean |
| 23 | And as he held his finger to his lips , she remembered that he had told her in strict confidence that the complex belonged to him . |
| 24 | Now that he had established himself in London with a training school and offices , John decided to expand his headquarters in Manchester . |
| 25 | She would n't let him see that he had hurt her in a way that Harry Martin and all his tricks could never have hurt her . |
| 26 | Jacob , looking at her , thought she seemed happier than he had seen her in years . |
| 27 | But they lied to me and I had to do it in English . |
| 28 | but I never had anything , I just went from one to the another , and I had to take it in the hall one day and I was n't , I was never very good at maths anyway , not that kind of maths . |
| 29 | She had brought her own armchair , and I had put it in my place — the best place — near the fire . |
| 30 | It would perhaps have been entirely adequate if I had received it in any normal circumstances . |