Example sentences of "he had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wing Commander J.M. Gilchrist had been appointed Bursar and Clerk to the Governors in 1962 , and to him had fallen the task — in addition to his ordinary duties — of arranging the financing of the numerous building programmes . |
| 2 | This deficiency he shared with a whole crew of leaders of third-world or so-called ‘ non-aligned ’ countries , who like him had gained power because they were against foreign rulers , not because they had any idea of what to put in place of foreign rule . |
| 3 | But being married to him had taught her that he was not a man who found it easy to forgive and forget — indeed , she was tempted to think that he enjoyed harbouring grudges and taking revenge . |
| 4 | But Hodkinson admitted last night : ‘ When Colin lost his title to Palecio , I thought a fight against him had gone for good . |
| 5 | The man who jumped him had gone and the crowd about him was drawing back in horror . |
| 6 | And with him had gone Miss Gemma Dallam 's brown Chinese satin and every shred of hope Cara had cherished for the future . |
| 7 | My father related that , when he was in the panel advising the consul Ducenius Varus , his own view prevailed , when Otacilius Catulus had instituted his daughter sole heir , left a legacy of two hundred to a freedman , and requested that he should make that over to his concubine ; and then the freedman had predeceased the testator , and the legacy to him had remained with the daughter ; that the daughter should be compelled to make over the trust to the concubine . |
| 8 | And around him had arisen the sight — seen so often on his travels — of the hundreds of thousands of vagrants , beggar men , women and children , now roving over the richest island in the world like tormented souls in irredeemable exile … |
| 9 | Two days later the boy 's condition slowly began to stabilise , but the activity around him had increased measurably . |
| 10 | Living with him had made her feel middle-aged , yet she was still only twenty-two , and it was wonderful to be free again . |
| 11 | So Brunner rejected the possibility of an independent natural theology in which man could attain to knowledge of God through the general revelation in nature ; for the defacing of the image of God in him had made that impossible . |
| 12 | He had never pretended to love her and it was her misfortune that the time that had meant nothing to him had made her his forever . |
| 13 | The splendour of the fourteenth century fan vaulting soaring elegantly , anciently , above him had made no comment . |
| 14 | Something unpushable about him had made Davies hesitate , and he 'd been all right , there had been nothing to fear ; he and Davies were friends now . |
| 15 | Loving him had made her whole again . |
| 16 | They said me and him had to go to the social security the next morning , and if he did n't he 'd be picked up . |
| 17 | And when the first person to find him had turned him over , presuming him dead , he had bitten a chunk out of that person 's thigh . |
| 18 | The frown gave a ruthless edge to his handsome face , as though the leashed danger in him had moved nearer to the surface , was more visible . |
| 19 | She had seen Billy enter the dining rooms in front of her as she returned from the park with Rachel , and the sight of him had sent a little shiver through her body . |
| 20 | And although Thornton seemed the obvious choice to the outside world , relationships with him had reached a new low in October 1985 . |
| 21 | Their hatred of Wilson and their determination to undermine him had become legendary and earned him support in unexpected places . |
| 22 | Everything that should have stood by him had become hostile . |
| 23 | If he 'd been on the train and had walked with the other racegoers towards the station , Filmer could have seen him through the window … and just the sight of him had caused the tensing of the neck muscles … and if Filmer had n't yet paid him for whatever … then he would come back to the train … |
| 24 | No hint or taint of him had touched her . |
| 25 | Although various thinkers before him had formulated much the same basic principle of utility as basic to ethics none had used it so systematically as the basis for rethinking all moral and social arrangements . |
| 26 | She tried to move away , disturbed by the realisation that her feelings towards him had undergone a subtle change even though she could n't quite define it . |
| 27 | On 2 November 1715 , General Forster , who had now received a commission from the Earl of Mar appointing him Commander-in-Chief of the Jacobite forces in England , led his somewhat reluctant army through Longtown and Brampton towards Penrith , though the Highlanders with him had cheered up , and become noticeably more loyal , on being promised the handsome pay of sixpence [ 2.5p ] a day . |
| 28 | Everyone around him had assumed that at the ti me of his wife 's death he must miss her very much and said what a wonderful person she was . |
| 29 | He thought of how she who lay beside him had locked in her heart for so many years that image of her lover 's eyes when he had told her that he did not wish to love . |
| 30 | He wished that one of the journalists who 'd interviewed him had expressed the substance of his life and work in such up-market , romantic terms . |