Example sentences of "[noun sg] he had [vb pp] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | With raised eyebrows and the adoption of that cool , emotionless glance he had bestowed on her before , Marc allowed himself a brief , telling scrutiny of her face , then , apparently satisfied with what he read in it , pushed open the door and led the way inside . |
| 2 | Tragically , Jim failed to recover from the stroke he had suffered on the Saturday morning ( 28th May ) and died the following morning . |
| 3 | Trent 's thoughts went back to the photograph he had found on Don Roberto 's piano . |
| 4 | The wheel he had mounted on a bit of rod from Stewart 's smithy still turned freely in the burn at the side of the kail-yard . |
| 5 | Knew the effect he had had on her . |
| 6 | If he realised the effect he had had on her — was still having on her … |
| 7 | TEENAGER Steven Perry dived into a canal in West Bromwich and saved a drowning youngster — using the kiss-of-life he had seen on the TV series Casualty . |
| 8 | He also took a stick out of the packet of Edinburgh rock he had bought on the first day . |
| 9 | Lorton glanced over his shoulder and let himself into the flat with the key he had found on Celia 's mantelpiece . |
| 10 | Using the work he had done on the influence of a trauma , on a child under five years of age , and its effects on the later genesis of neurosis , Freud analysed religions as consisting of positive and negative reactions to a trauma which has been forgotten . |
| 11 | Boulton did not refuse outright but managed to get some mine owners to donate 10 guineas ( £10.50 ) to Murdock for the good work he had done on their engines . |
| 12 | ‘ Something you wrote ? ’ asked Bob , remembering the dialogue he had seen on Morris 's desk . |
| 13 | During the 1990 election campaign he had promised on at least eight occasions that if victorious he would serve the entire term as Prime Minister . |
| 14 | He lifted his hands to his face and smelt the chrism he had used on Hob 's head , hands , chest and feet . |
| 15 | Henry 's first appearance on television was due to a lucky prophecy he had made on the radio phone-in . |
| 16 | But it can also be misleading , for its strength is partly reinforced by the Cardinal 's self-confidence and the place he had reached on his spiritual pilgrimage . |
| 17 | Mah Bow Tan was confirmed as Minister for Communications , a post he had held on an acting basis since July . |
| 18 | Defence Minister Antonio Erman González confirmed on June 21 that a new commission , the National Aerospace Commission ( CONAE ) , would channel into peaceful use the technical and scientific experience gained in the secret Condor-2 ballistic missile programme , whose " irreversible " cancellation he had announced on May 28 ; its suspension had been announced in April 1990 [ see p. 37501 ] . |
| 19 | But neither was ever in contention , as Chip Beck , one of last year 's American Ryder Cup team , regained the lead he had lost on Saturday to win by a stroke from Greg Norman and Mike Standly . |
| 20 | As he was never in contention , he will not have used up the sort of nervous energy expended by Chip Beck , who recovered the lead he had lost on Saturday to edge out Greg Norman and Mike Standly with a final round of 70 . |
| 21 | My noble and learned friend , Lord Templeman , at pp. 121–122 , also referred to the minister 's speech , although possibly only by way of support for a conclusion he had reached on other grounds . |
| 22 | ‘ What are you doing up here anyway ? ’ he demanded , leaning over to pick up the towel he had left on the seat . |
| 23 | They were depression , an alcohol problem which included a heavy drinking bout the night before he killed himself , the disgrace he had brought on himself . |
| 24 | And in the recent article he had read on the subject , even the sergeant in charge of the course had not believed that any woman would take his one piece of infallible advice . |
| 25 | He had never enjoyed the thought of making love in a standing position since the embarrassment he had suffered on the last occasion , about a year before . |
| 26 | That reconciliation was not Franco 's guiding principle was clear from the decree he had issued on 1 April 1939 ( the same day he had signed the final war bulletin ) , ordering that a monument be built " to perpetuate the memory of those who fell in the Crusade of Liberation " and to honour " those who gave their lives for God and the Fatherland " . |
| 27 | But his office issued a decree he had signed on Monday containing a strong warning to all regional government officials that he would hold them personally responsible for obeying his orders . |
| 28 | Johnson disliked the riding he had experienced on Skye , complaining of its ‘ unsocial ’ nature , owing to the usual narrowness of the way which never permitted two abreast ; and , he said , ‘ you can not indulge in meditation by yourself , because you must be always attending to the steps which your horse takes ’ . |
| 29 | Yet , now that Edna had started to open up , possibly helped by the glass of wine he had insisted on her having , he suddenly became alert . |
| 30 | From there , the crossing and the distance he had covered on that path , to the place where he was found , would take him no more than half an hour — less , if he was a brisk walker , and it was raining , he 'd be no longer than he need out in it . |