Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] he had the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His footsteps seemed unusually loud on the cobblestones , setting up a confusion of echoes from the brick walls so that he had the eerie sensation that he was not alone , and that other solitary walkers surrounded him . |
| 2 | It was not merely that he had the work done quickly but he had done it thinkingly . |
| 3 | A chubby young man called Laird Cregar appealed to me as a suspect , if only because he had the habit of being seen loitering around places where beautiful women had just been strangled . |
| 4 | So long as he had the support of Sir Rufus Stone , he could thumb his nose at Cotton . |
| 5 | For a long time Roe has harboured a desire to do some commentating so when he had the chance at the European he took it with both hands . |
| 6 | Occasionally , such a player realises this and finds he has the nerve to win the tournament , just as he had the nerve to win the tournament that took him to Augusta in the first place . |
| 7 | Just as he had the ability to compartmentalize his life , so he also seemed able to slough off the weight of the past and begin again . |
| 8 | He had spoken the compliment as though he really meant it , just as he had the first time he 'd said it . |
| 9 | There he was , Prince Nicolo Sabatini , standing at the rear of the showroom , completely alone , his arms folded over his chest , watching her exactly as he had the first time she 'd set eyes on him , with such a fierce blend of desire and anger that her heart leaped into her throat . |
| 10 | As soon as he had the paper in his hand the door slammed again . |
| 11 | He might not love Didi , but he intended to marry her as soon as he had the ring , and he 'd only persuaded her to return to New York to facilitate matters and save a possible clash … |
| 12 | A naval officer could rise in rank quite rapidly if he had the friendship of the commander-in-chief of a distant station . |
| 13 | said he was off yesterday cos he had the flu |
| 14 | Don Juan asserted confidently that he had the firm support of numerous followers . |
| 15 | She had indeed shown little interest in the fields her great-aunt had left , probably because he had the use of them . |
| 16 | Now that he had the information he needed , he might as well leave in any case . |
| 17 | She had hoped he might arrange to come and collect her now that he had the car — and now that things were , well , serious between them . |
| 18 | Now that he had the opportunity , Lucien was too embarrassed to speak . |
| 19 | Even if he had the knowledge and inclination to do so , there are too many distractions . |
| 20 | Herluin , when finally he did touch , touched as if the vellum might burn him , timidly and convulsively , and even when he had the book open , for better or worse , agonized a few moments over where to choose on the page , shifting from recto to verso and back again before settling . |
| 21 | He felt just as strongly as he had the night before . |
| 22 | But Floy said , in an expressionless tone , ‘ Do go on , ’ and Caspar looked at Floy doubtfully , because he was not altogether sure of Floy yet and he had the feeling that Floy might very well be thinking and assessing and generally not revealing all his feelings . |
| 23 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 24 | Locke 's friends commended him for demolishing Proast 's ecclesiastical regime as effectively as he had the absolutist civil polity of Sir Robert Filmer [ q.v . ] . |