Example sentences of "[num ord] he have [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pearce expressed surprise and said that this was the first he had heard of it . |
| 2 | Only one so far — or this was the first he had heard of , but the affair could snowball and sometimes this kind of thing took an unforeseen twist . |
| 3 | Wickham looked at Marshall who said it was the first he had heard of it either . |
| 4 | ‘ At the last pre-inquiry meeting someone from the Department of Transport jumped up and said it was the first he had heard of the pylons , ’ she said . |
| 5 | One of the first he had received from Sloane reported on a new hothouse at Chelsea and listed the exotics already growing there . |
| 6 | Warne 's wonder ball was all the more special because it was the first he had bowled in an Ashes contest . |
| 7 | David Hockney 's set designs are the first he has done for Covent Garden . |
| 8 | It 's his first er match or at least the first he 's started since the opening weeks of the season . |
| 9 | The inaugural exhibition at the new gallery the third he has organised with Galerie de Bayser comprises ten paintings and thirty-five drawings by artists including François-André Vincent , Louis Durameau , Antoine Vaudoyer , Jean-Baptiste Isabey , Jean-Antoine Gros , Eugène Fromentin and Théodule Ribot . |
| 10 | As he waited for a colleague delivering mail to Mr Reenan 's £300,000 Oxfordshire home , Ron said : ‘ One minute he 's talking about going to Diana , the next he 's gone to a newspaper . |