Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [pers pn] [verb] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think I can bear this , thought Grainne , but even as the thought was framed , she knew that for someone it had had to be borne , there had been no escaping it , this bottomless dark pit , this vast endless night sea … |
| 2 | And you measure the angle through which you 've had to turn to get to that position , and which direction you 've had to turn it through or rather , which direction the light had been rotated through . |
| 3 | We were ordinary seafaring men and founding and running a national union was , to say the least , a job for which we had had no training . |
| 4 | Excellent bargains can be obtained , and thee is something deeply satisfying about owning a rug for which you have had to compete . |
| 5 | Every one of them she 's had something with ai n't she ? |
| 6 | Following the further arguments of which we have had the benefit , I should find it very difficult , in conscience , to reach a conclusion adverse to the appellants on the basis of a technical rule of construction requiring me to ignore the very material which in this case indicates unequivocally which of the two possible interpretations of section 63(2) of the Act of 1976 was intended by Parliament . |
| 7 | On the English side the king 's eldest son , the Black Prince , had grown to manhood anxious to win his share of the glory and profits of war , of which he had had a taste at Crécy . |
| 8 | Keiran wanted to advise on unemployment , of which he has had ample experience after a severe illness . |
| 9 | I hope you will agree that in these two instances I have cited from his career — both of which I have had corroborated and believe to be accurate — my father not only manifests , but comes close to being the personification itself , of what the Hayes Society terms ‘ dignity in keeping with his position ’ . |
| 10 | This man , or beast , claimed cognisance of divers operations in the Science of Alchemie of which I have had no acquaintance . |
| 11 | sort of everything we 've had so far 's been pretty general . |
| 12 | Because of him she had had to waste valuable days sightseeing , all the time aware of him breathing down her neck , and conscious that Lori had an extremely low boredom level . |
| 13 | Johnson 's reflections under the heading of ‘ Coriatachan in Sky ’ amount to only eighteen hundred words or so , yet they constitute the clearest view of him I have had so far , the best opportunity to try and assess what made him . |
| 14 | Mind you he went out and he had to have er erm mind you he 's had that , when you think of it you 've had half of that back . |
| 15 | But Walter is a poor shade of what we have had better done . |
| 16 | Gave him a small taste of what she 'd had to suffer ? |
| 17 | Well that 's true but maybe , you know and if you 've to drink she , maybe you should n't drink sherry on top of what you 've had injected into you . |
| 18 | She was ‘ enchanted ’ she said , and wrote touchingly : ‘ It gives the measure of what you have had , and what you have lost . ’ |
| 19 | I just wanted you to have some of what I had had today , some of the joy and warmth , I wanted to give you something — ’ |
| 20 | ‘ That will remind us of what he 's had to say , and I think he may just find it acts as a spur to show him what we can do . |
| 21 | Indeed , I am persuaded that the central criteria against which I have had to measure these applications will be met , and that patient care will be advanced very considerably . |
| 22 | Like one I 'd had at school . |
| 23 | His lassitude , his great size and beautiful , well-groomed appearance , his unhurried air of having all he wanted and of being unaffected by the newcomers one way or the other — all these presented Hazel with a problem unlike anything he had had to deal with before . |
| 24 | In a move to expand and diversify its activities within the Spanish mainland , Sotheby 's Holdings Inc. has purchased the Madrid auction house Edmund Peel and Asociados , with whom they have had a long-term business association . |
| 25 | Children , having built up in the early stages of their lives an ‘ ego ideal ’ with whom they have had apparently satisfactory relationships , are for the rest of their lives attempting to transfer this ideal on to other people or organisations . |
| 26 | It is I would suggest much easier to respond to the complaint in the line of service sir than it is in one round more complex technical services with contractors and sub contractors and the like , with whom we 've had to deal , so there is that to be borne in mind as well , erm I think I know about some of the response to be responded to that , but it does generally valuable this talk , this discussion cos it does show the degree of viability of exposing the service to , your making problems of this nature , it immediately challenges people to come back and say what about it , you promised this , you promised that and you 're not performing , this , this is discussion is a live example of the |
| 27 | All the people with whom we have had a significant relationship are retained as imagos ; a private society inside of us . |
| 28 | We will go on trying to provide the best and I would just like to say ‘ thank you from myself and my wife Eliza to the vast majority of those with whom we have had contact . |
| 29 | This preceded the formal recognition of MSF as a trade union with whom we have had cordial and constructive relations . |
| 30 | Referring to the " past tragedy of another people " as it affected the " present existence " of the Palestinians , and addressing " the Israeli people , with whom we have had a prolonged exchange of pain " , the speech noted that " the occupier can hide no secrets from the occupied and we are witness to the toll that occupation has exacted from you and yours " . |