Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he have [vb pp] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | He always sort of backpedalled whenever he 'd exposed his feelings . ’ |
| 2 | Only a sharp expression in the eyes suggested how he had made his way in the do-or-die world of modern publishing , where niceness gets you nowhere . |
| 3 | By this time there was a great interest in how he had overcome his problem when so many other treatments had failed . |
| 4 | ‘ All the evidence is there , is n't it ? ’ he remarked , and enlightened her as to how he had reached his conclusions . |
| 5 | It should therefore have been aware of the danger that he would try to cover his liabilities from whatever funds he had access to ( Eagle 's funds ) , but that it made no inquiries about the source of the monies or how he had met his obligations . |
| 6 | Her husband had been proud of how he had lived his life . |
| 7 | While they reconnoitred the bar and found their seats ( on the aisle , so that , if his services as an understudy were required , Charles could be quickly extracted ) , he gave Frances a brief résumé of how he had lost his part . |
| 8 | It 's ridiculous , she thought angrily ; he can bring tears to my eyes just by making me remember the simple things , like the way he reached out and unlocked the seatbelt for me — he 'd done it with one fluid gesture , no fumbling with it — how he had flung his jacket on to the back seat with the same faultless grace , how he 'd sauntered round the back of the car with a bemused smile when he 'd winkled it into a tight spot . |
| 9 | I interrupted him to ask him exactly how he had broken his ankles — if it was doing a Bungee Jump there was no way I was going to do it . |
| 10 | She could see how he had worked his way into her aunt 's affections . |
| 11 | Last year , Thomas asked for a Mental Health Review Tribunal — and told how he had staged his madman act . |
| 12 | A MAN who killed his cheating wife walked free yesterday after a judge heard how he had dedicated his life to his family . |
| 13 | How he had passed his medical tests was a mystery to everybody ; he was completely incapable of marching in time and swung his arms like a chimpanzee , unsynchronised and out of time . |
| 14 | A heavy air of preoccupation hung over him for days after his return , and I recall once , in reply to my inquiring how he had enjoyed his trip , his remarking : ‘ Disturbing , Stevens . |
| 15 | When asked how he had enjoyed his stay at Castaic , he said , ‘ It was a relief to get away for a while . |
| 16 | Otto turned out to have measureless charm and the most courteous manner , and in slow , correct English told us of how he had perfected his tactics in Baltic exercises before the war , how he had put them into practice in the Atlantic , and how , on the night after his capture , he had played bridge in the day-cabin of Captain Macintyre with one of the ship 's lieutenants and the captains of two merchant ships he had sunk , and then slept ( for Captain Macintyre was in his sea-cabin ) in Captain Macintyre 's bunk . |
| 17 | I noticed how he had slipped his feet under the exposed roots of trees — themselves held in the grasp of the hollow . |
| 18 | How he 's got his hands on the wheel . |
| 19 | But once the fighting begins , with Falstaff in shameless prose ( the soliloquy describing how he has led his ‘ ragamuffins where they are pepper 'd ’ ) , Hal enters in the heroic medium and rebukes him for his idleness ( the cowardice he ca n't see , as we can ) : ‘ What , standst thou idle here ? |
| 20 | STEVE DAVIS revealed last night how he has conquered his nerves and set his sights on a seventh UK Championship . |
| 21 | He was eating his food , and , I thought to myself , ‘ Christ , how he has changed his appearance after five days living in a hole in the ground ! ’ |
| 22 | For since that day when he had made his accusations , tearing her heart to shreds in the process , Jake had refused to have any more to do with her . |
| 23 | After a moment or two when he had swallowed his steak and could speak safely , he went on , ‘ Modern theology does n't help , I dare say . |
| 24 | That 's when he had lost his temper . |
| 25 | He pushed away from the table as he had the previous night when he had lost his temper . |
| 26 | Recalling what he knew of the ardours and achievements of Freeborn 's forty odd years in the Forensic Science Service , the difficult war years , the delayed retirement , the last five years when he had exchanged his directorship for the frustrations of bureaucracy , Dalgliesh said : |
| 27 | I had known Bruce for some years as he often ministered to friends , and on two or three occasions when he had laid his hands on my back , the heat emanating from them was like a blowtorch . |
| 28 | Alexei remembered Sidacai 's veiled insolence — the times when he had used his status as the son of a son of Daijin to thwart Burun . |
| 29 | She did n't notice when he had taken his glasses off . |
| 30 | ‘ Put him in the car , ’ growled Brown when he had recovered his self-control . |