Example sentences of "had [adv] [verb] [pron] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before she quite knew what hit her , Mandy had informed Charity that she had personally landed her a job as a cocktail waitress on the outdoor patio — the Susweca Lounge — at the lodge . |
| 2 | Would Sue ( she hardly knew her , after all , had only met her a few minutes ago ) really let her share the little bubble of love that sealed her and Pete up together and away from the rest of the world ? |
| 3 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 4 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 5 | He had only kissed her a few times before , yet his taste was as familiar as the beat of his heart beneath her hand as she clutched his shirt . |
| 6 | You had better give me a few days . |
| 7 | We , in return , had better give you a few tips on how to behave in a Grenadier battalion or you 'll come badly unstuck . ’ |
| 8 | The argument was both flattering and convenient — so convenient that the middle classes were inclined to take it over from the aristocrats ( who had long fancied themselves a superior race ) for internal as well as international purposes : the poor were poor because they were biologically inferior and conversely , if citizens belonged to ‘ lower races ’ , it was no wonder that they stayed poor and backward . |
| 9 | If in this respect Gloucester was still very much his brother 's agent , it is clear that his closeness to the king had already made him a person of some consequence . |
| 10 | Pope Gregory VIII ( the former chancellor , Albert de Morra , who had contacts with France ) , who enjoyed only a ten-week pontificate , had already made him a subdeacon between October and December 1187 . |
| 11 | If in this respect Gloucester was still very much his brother 's agent , it is clear that his closeness to the king had already made him a person of some consequence . |
| 12 | The Prince , then nearly 33 , had already made himself a hostage to fortune by declaring that 30 was a suitable age to settle down . |
| 13 | I had already sent him a book , examples of my work , a letter about why and how I was doing the book , all for the sake of just one short interview . |
| 14 | Her step-father had already given her a ten-shilling note and told her to keep her mouth shut about it , mind . |
| 15 | He looked up now as she entered — Freddie had already given her a spare key — and said , pleasantly enough , ‘ Hello , Liza . |
| 16 | One had already borne him a son ; one would do so soon . |
| 17 | He needed a drink before he spoke to McGann , and Dowd , ever the anticipator , had already mixed him a whisky and soda , but he forsook it for fear it would loosen his tongue . |
| 18 | Brusilov , who had directed Russia 's southern thrust during the Battle of Lemberg , had already proved himself a redoubtable commander of troops in mass . |
| 19 | He also played cricket , and had already earned himself a bad reputation by smashing two windows in the village . |
| 20 | Peters 's independent approach to economic policy — particularly his reservations concerning the social consequences of economic deregulation — had already earned him a shadow Cabinet demotion in 1989 . |
| 21 | St Paul 's daily routine , as a law-abiding Jew , would have included a prayer to say thank you that God had not made him a Gentile , a slave or a woman — in that order ! |
| 22 | If he was disappointed that his dead wife had not borne him a son to carry on the tradition , he had never remarried ; there was Dinah , who was ample reward , investment for the future . |
| 23 | Theseus would still be blundering around in the labyrinth where he went to slay the Minotaur , if Ariadne had not given him a ball of thread so that he could retrace his steps when the deed was done . |
| 24 | She had not imagined him a sportsman . |
| 25 | She knew as sure as eggs was eggs that Kate , bless her , had finally caught herself a man . |
| 26 | The bruiser had just given her a growling look . |
| 27 | He had just given her a triumph and had got no more reaction than if he had held a door open for her . |
| 28 | Each of us carries an unreliable ankle for instance , and Tony had just given his a jolt . |
| 29 | He had just made himself a cup of coffee and sat in his mum 's kitchen smoking a cigarette . |
| 30 | She had just pressed it a second time when she heard a faint voice above the High Street traffic . |