Example sentences of "[pron] had [adv] [verb] another [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I had just taken another look at Debonair — at Vron , my future stepmother .
2 Or perhaps I had better have another brandy first . ’
3 There had been the time , too , when Ruth made a painting of a dragon devouring a knight which had apparently scared another child .
4 Even when she had been widowed young , she had never wanted another man .
5 The rule was struck down as being an unreasonable restraint of trade when the Society attempted to prevent the defendants from employing an employee who had recently left another member of the association .
6 To do this on a significant scale he had either to supersede another lord or outrank him so that the following of one lord became a component in the retinue of a superior lord .
7 To do this on a significant scale he had either to supersede another lord or outrank him so that the following of one lord became a component in the retinue of a superior lord .
8 As far as he was concerned , he had just knocked another competitor out of the promotion stakes .
9 He had previously produced another scheme which , in accordance with the recommendation of the Select Committee , omitted the residence completely .
10 He met two artists , husband and wife , ‘ awfully sweet , she has a bold yet subtle and exotic sense of colour ’ , and thought of trying her for the costumes ; he had already got another artist to try and ‘ you never saw such revue in all your life ’ .
11 Of course Boy had seen inside a lot of different men 's houses , but this was the first man 's life he had ever watched at such close quarters , the first time he had ever seen a man taking care of himself , the first time he had ever seen another man living day after day after day .
12 He had now met another woman and was about to make a fresh start .
13 He hesitated , realising he had unwittingly released another name .
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