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Example sentences for "had reason"

  • Heaven knew Palliser did not mean to rush, and was not aware when the rush began; but he had reason to be so much more eager than he professed to be that momentarily he swerved, despite himself, and ceased to be casual.

  • As Mr. Temple Barholm intimated to you, a man of almost unlimited means has command of resources which it might not be easy to contend with if he had reason to feel himself injured.

  • He had reason to know that he would encounter in the dear lady indications of the feeling that she had reached a crisis.

  • I hope, sir," Burrill said with professional dignity, "that Miss Temple Barholm has not had reason to express any dissatisfaction.

  • The captain was highly provoked at this rudeness, as indeed he had reason, it being a double affront to him as it was done in the view of the merchants who were come on board to him, to do him an honour at parting.

  • His venerable and respected name dishonored by a man whom he had reason to doubt was his son?

  • The father of my lord discovered, then, after twelve or fifteen years of a marriage until then happy, that he had reason to complain of a Polish count.

  • You see that I had reason to avoid you, and not listen to you, because it only does me harm!

  • They desired him to sit down, of which he had great need; for he was not only out of breath with walking so far, but his terror at finding himself with people whom he thought he had reason to fear would have disabled him from standing.

  • They both unveiled, and as I had been surprised with the beauty of the first, I had reason to be much more so when I saw her friend.

  • Carbonnet, of whose friendship I had reason to be proud, and whose memory will ever be dear to me, was more distressed by the arrest of his nephew and Moreau than by his own.

  • I had reason to hope for success, and I braved all the declarations of the powers against me.

  • He had reason to suppose so, seeing that we left Malta on the 19th of June, whilst he did not sail from Messina till the 21st.

  • I had reason to think that after the day on which the First Consul granted me the order for delay he had received some new accusation against M.

  • I didn't think badly of her when she first talked of engaging me; and I've had reason to repent of my opinion ever since.

  • Among other things, the doctor mentions that he called at the lodging I occupied during my visit to London, and found I had taken to flight: also that he had reason to believe I had entered Miss Ladd's service, under false pretenses.

  • These words were very necessary, in the present state of my mind, to fortify it against the reproaches and threats I had reason to expect from the King.

  • There were some others to whom I gave money and clothing, that I did not at the time know were rebel prisoners, but who afterwards I had reason to believe were such.

  • There were two or three others that I had reason to believe were escaped prisoners, whose names I do not know.

  • If he should buy a ring, and marry a sorry body in the neighbourhood with the money, one would be loth, a twelvemonth hence, that the poor old fellow should think he had reason to wish the bounty never conferred.

  • Were I mistress of a family, I would not either take to myself, or give to servants, the pain of keeping those I had reason to suspect.

  • I had reason to fear, as I mentioned in mine of this morning, that a storm was brewing.

  • We made our supper before sunset, so as to be free of the crying which we had reason to expect.

  • Now, at the sight of these omens, the bo'sun gave orders to prepare the boats for the storm which we had reason to expect, looking for it in the South, for it was from that direction that the swell came rolling upon us.

  • I did not know what he might do next, for I could not tell that this was but certainty to him of that which he had reason to fear.

  • Presently I had reason to wonder at somewhat which happened to me, and that would have been no matter for wonder at all if I had but known that the queen was doubtful how much I had gathered from that talk of mine with her servant.

  • As we had reason to think, the whole affair was the doing of Gymbert, so far as his men knew.

  • I had reason to believe they would depart the first opportunity.

  • By this we shun such frequent trivial discourse, as often becomes an obstruction to virtue: and how often do we find that we had reason to with we had not been in company, or said nothing when we were there?


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    being either; grated cheese; great part; had been; had better; had died; had ever been before; had felt; had for; had found; had gone; had grown; had happened; had looked; had not; had observed; had obtained; had often; had received from the; had returned; had ridden; had some; had told; had yet; take part; the city