Example sentences of "[adv] and had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever might have been the prosaic reason for his initial posting to Masai District , an officer who stayed long enough and had a sufficiently striking personality could expect to become locally famous not only for his love of the Masai but also for the love they bore for him . |
| 2 | We reported a couple of years back that just as leading US companies like IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co were adopting Total Quality Management with messianic zeal , the Japanese had decided that it was not good enough and had moved on to Zero-Defects Management , and the Financial Times ' Observer column offers an example of just why : it has a release that flags ‘ the first major conference on Total Quality Management for Pension Finds ’ . |
| 3 | Blufton seemed trustworthy enough and had no direct relationship with Nicola . |
| 4 | It was as if someone had been trapped inside and had kicked and beaten the door — perhaps without success — until the power had gone and they had been able to drive back down the hill . |
| 5 | This does n't apply if the ritual is completed , since the circle will have exploded outwards and had more serious effects . |
| 6 | Although the subject was something not discussed , almost everyone in the road had at one time or another been confided in and had helped Mrs Browning as far as they could , although she seemed to feel she should not worry any particular neighbour too much so went from one to another , as it were in turn . |
| 7 | At this low point I gave in and had my epidural topped up . |
| 8 | I looked in and had the biggest shock of my life . |
| 9 | It was only after we had settled in and had sorted out our luggage that we realised that although it was still broad daylight , our watches told us that it was nearly two o'clock in the morning ! |
| 10 | Stray dogs and chickens wandered in and had to be shooed out , and in the winter evenings when her mother told stories about saints and piskies and dragon-fillers by the light of the fire , the neighbouring children would crowd in at the door to listen , so that after a while her mother became known as the best storyteller in Polruan . |
| 11 | But the contention was put forward on Mr. Steed 's behalf that , even if the transfer were only voidable and notwithstanding that the building society was not implicated in and had had no notice of the Hammonds ' fraud , nonetheless the court had a discretionary power under section 82 of the Land Registration Act 1925 to order that the building society 's charge be deleted from the register , leaving Mr. Steed with an unencumbered title and the building society to claim an indemnity under section 83 . |
| 12 | The fathers of four and the mother of one of the 54 children who were born in and had leukaemia or non-Hodgkin 's lymphoma diagnosed in the study area had been employed in the nuclear industry before their child was diagnosed ( relative risk 2.2 , 95% confidence interval 0.6 to 6.9 ) . |
| 13 | But he had n't deserted her , he had arranged a suitable marriage with his under-gardener , had given the couple the lodge to live in and had had the child named after one of his sweetest heroines , Brenda Nevil of Wrenwood . |
| 14 | I had heard my mother and Robert come in and had gone to sleep much later . |
| 15 | She had never heard anyone come in and had never expected it . |
| 16 | ‘ I even went in and had a meal on the spot where Ruth was killed . |
| 17 | Her red dress had not been made to walk in and had seen better days . |
| 18 | Because some people came in and had offered sixty , that 's what I was told , the last lot that came in had offered sixty . |
| 19 | I think one of the problems is they had a break in and had quite a lot of gear stolen , and that 's why they want a concrete roof , so they ca n't er get in through the roof . |
| 20 | Indeed , so shaken was she that , without being fully aware of what she was doing , she had invited him in and had led the way into her sitting-room before she had got herself back together again . |
| 21 | No , no , I come in the car , I was coming on the bus when I had this bloke next door doing some work like , I used to go out with him years ago , so he come in and had a cup of tea , I said , come in about half past eleven went home at one , he come |
| 22 | And then we went in and had a caravan somewhere up by Aberystwyth , Ginnie and me , and you kids . |
| 23 | Penny went in and had a twenty to one |
| 24 | So he said alright so he come in and had his dinner so he said I said we ought to be going this week for a ride out instead of last week . |
| 25 | I had no idea there was a class distinction , having lived in a sort of world of my own , and when I went to meet his parents in his house in Bromley , I 'd never been to such a small , little house where all the chairs had those things on the back where you catch the Brylcreem and you sat down and had high tea . |
| 26 | It ‘ s time you settled down and had children . ’ |
| 27 | He put the phone down and had a violent coughing fit . |
| 28 | In the middle of Reverend Barr 's address a woman Maggie did n't recognize completely broke down and had to be led away . |
| 29 | She handed two packets and a wafer to the boy , who had finished wiping the mattresses down and had leant them up against the wall to dry . |
| 30 | Perdita was settling down and had even hit a respectable forehand which only just missed the goal when Alejandro , out of some devilry , swopped one of his sons and a cousin for Luke and Angel . |