Example sentences of "yet he have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paddy Byrne meant nothing to him , yet he 'd appeared at the graveside this morning . |
| 2 | Nothing looked familiar , and yet he 'd gone around the block again and again in anticipation of something like this . |
| 3 | Good lord , she 'd all but begged him to take her , yet he 'd walked away . |
| 4 | And yet he 'd talked about giving it back if he won and if she was good to him . |
| 5 | And yet he 'd disappeared , without trace . |
| 6 | Yet he had asked her a question , a pointed question . |
| 7 | Yet he had remained alert the whole time , his senses tuned , even in their intimacy ; he had been able to bring his mind to other things . |
| 8 | Yet he had argued with Miguel . |
| 9 | Yet he had made no secret of his opinion that women and boats were about as compatible as oil and water . |
| 10 | Yet he had gone ahead . |
| 11 | The little man had appeared shocked at the very idea that Alfred might be suspected of killing his brother yet he had gone on , with a certain relish , to provide a convincing motive — if a motive which has lain dormant for thirty years is still convincing . |
| 12 | Perhaps it was because the Americans had not been at the Moscow Olympics that he was n't sure of himself ; yet he had beaten them later . |
| 13 | It was so clear in his mind , he could hear his nan 's voice , even smell that strangely comforting smell of scorched linen as she pressed down on the iron , and yet he had understood little of their conversation at the time , had n't understood , in fact , until years later . |
| 14 | It was ultimately Craig 's responsibility and yet he had stood back and allowed himself to be duped and Emily 's father to be ruined . |
| 15 | ( Only now do I realize how strong the desire in her for a daughter must have been to cause her to dress her youngest son as a little girl almost until the day he went to school , his fair hair nearly reaching his waist ; yet he had grown up a man . ) |
| 16 | And yet he had grown fond of him , and he had to admit to himself that when Len was away from camp he missed him . |
| 17 | He was a prophet without honour and yet he had kept the purity of his belief unsullied . |
| 18 | Yet he had kept himself apart , uncontaminated . |
| 19 | Christian was too happy to be the bearer of bad news , and yet he had told them earlier he had something to say that would affect them all . |
| 20 | He knew that Martin had seen him and yet he had taken no notice of him . |
| 21 | Yet he had chosen , for his face was calm and clear . |
| 22 | No other man had ever managed even to light a spark within her , yet he had set her body aflame , and it had taken every ounce of will-power she possessed not to give in to the longing he 'd unleashed . |
| 23 | It made sense and yet he had learned never to take anything for granted in this game . |
| 24 | And yet he had promised Skelton he would look at some land around Loweswater , and announced that he was so taken with the district he had a mind to settle in it — a statement which brought Miss Skelton to a blush-brink of applause . |
| 25 | Yet he had looked at her today — Lord , she was so confused . |
| 26 | Vitor might not have been aware that she occupied the house , yet he had amassed some items of information about her . |
| 27 | She did not mean to be swayed by Cobalt 's defence of Maurin , and yet he had undermined her confidence . |
| 28 | Yet he had found her all the same . |
| 29 | Yet he had pursued her with a single-minded intent that was unnerving . |
| 30 | She was his enemy yet he had helped her . |