Example sentences of "was [adj] he have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For standing on the , on the seats you see , which I mean my father was right he 'd got the experience to know that several men had been drowned like that . |
| 2 | And she was sorry he 'd said that . |
| 3 | He was sorry he 'd forgotten to pay Betty any money last year , but could he come and stay for a while and pay her then ? |
| 4 | Joshua was sorry he had turned his back on sunny Brighton . |
| 5 | Your boyfriend said to say he was sorry he had missed you , and he 'd be writing and was doing nicely . |
| 6 | He was sorry he had made a fool of himself by ringing . |
| 7 | The girl 's eyes lost their sparkle as the faintest of rumbles came to her ears , and Mr Beckenham was sorry he had drawn her attention to it . |
| 8 | Daryl 's early musical experiences began by playing trumpet in the school band , but by the time he was eleven he had discovered the guitar . |
| 9 | ‘ The judge agreed to sign a warrant for Thom 's arrest as soon as it was clear he 'd left the country with Eva . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Jimmy Armfield signed me for Leeds United , but when Adamson took over it was clear he had lost some of his motivation after being sacked by Sunderland . |
| 11 | It was clear he had met the boy already . |
| 12 | It was clear he had had nothing to do with the assassination attempt . |
| 13 | By the time he was 30 he had sailed to Iceland and West Africa . |
| 14 | Roirbak was afraid he 'd pushed him too far , or maybe not far enough . |
| 15 | AN insurance clerk told a jury yesterday he was unaware he had run down a mother and her two daughters as he tried to escape from a man in car who had threatened him . |
| 16 | It was a hard walk to the mountain top , and she was relieved he had selected a pastime which did not require her participation . |
| 17 | It was imperative he had kept his head , because it was n't his best round of all time . |
| 18 | Philip was glad he 'd left the wire and cutters up in the wood . |
| 19 | I dropped Patterson back at the PKB office so he could pick up his BMW and , though he did n't say it , I think he was glad he 'd left it behind . |
| 20 | Nigel was glad he 'd sold the car years ago and not got another . |
| 21 | But when she looked up at him astonished and unguarded in her pleasure his heart swelled , and he was glad he 'd spoken . |
| 22 | And there , at last , was Alix 's husband Brian : she was glad he had turned up , had not spurned her party , had paid her this respect . |
| 23 | In the end he was glad he had waited . |
| 24 | She was glad he had stopped tapping his spoon and flicking his foot . |
| 25 | He was glad he had got the hospital to contact her . |
| 26 | He was glad he had got rid of her . |
| 27 | So he was glad he had refused ; he had never shown much aptitude for the law anyway , for its necessary feints and tricks . |
| 28 | She was glad he had found her with his navy-blue suit on and his tie-pin . |
| 29 | Patrick was glad he had taken Midge out to the studio . |
| 30 | He was glad he had agreed to take part in the TV series Call My Bluff in which Ken was starring . |