Example sentences of "[conj] had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | too as you know ‘ full-circled ’ with her marriage to divorce ! & & had little in Sept. who is a delightful baby . |
| 2 | In many countries , prisoners were killed quickly if they refused to give information , or had no information , or had already revealed all . |
| 3 | Merlini , three attempts were made to serve documents on a defendant in Italy , trying three different addresses and two different names ; on each occasion the defendant could not be located or had already moved on . |
| 4 | No such route was possible or had probably ever been possible . |
| 5 | When the three of them had been together in the kitchen , the infant Camille crawling round with jam on her face and fingers , he had sat in a state of sullenness bordering on rage or had conspicuously moved about preparing food for himself , knowing quite well that his dinner was cooking in the oven . |
| 6 | He was at his strongest when he or one of his supporters discovered that the Movement 's workers had misinterpreted the wishes of refugee children or their parents , or had simply allowed inadequate foster homes to escape thorough inspection . |
| 7 | In seven cases there was acknowledged to have been a deterioration in the dependant 's condition , so that the principal carer accepted or had even requested institutional care . |
| 8 | She sometimes wondered afterwards whether Brigadier Smithson appreciated or had even organised the situation . |
| 9 | ‘ I NEVER ever went to a gig or had even heard of the term ‘ gig ’ before I joined the band , ’ says the little girl who owns pop 's most exquisite voice . |
| 10 | If the Justice of the Forest discovered that a wood was without a woodward , or that a woodward had not taken the oath or had not appeared at the Forest Eyre to be sworn , or neglected his duty , or committed trespasses in the forest , the wood in question was seized for the king , but the owner was usually allowed to recover it on payment of a fine . |
| 11 | Despite this , a number of those interviewed had either not heard of the ATB or had not participated in training . |
| 12 | Or had not done so . |
| 13 | Successive Secretaries of State have stated that only by the unvarying observance of this practice is it possible to ensure that in no circumstances is anything said or not said which , by comparison with what was said on a different occasion , might imply that a warrant had or had not been issued . |
| 14 | Questions were also asked about what guidelines the Social Work Department had or had not used . |
| 15 | This idea made sense because Diatryma 's potential competitors were either extinct , as in the case of the dinosaurs , or had not evolved , as in the case of the modern specialist carnivorous mammals . |
| 16 | They were interested in the way that the connections between an eye and a cortical neuron were affected by whether that eye had or had not been used , so first they measured the numbers of cells establishing these connections in normal animals . |
| 17 | The Superior Electoral Court ( TSE ) issued the results of a survey on Oct. 6 which claimed that 60 per cent of the 84,000,000 people legally obliged to vote had made a " mistake " with their ballot papers or had not voted . |
| 18 | Although preliminary speculation was that the crash might have been caused by a bomb , accident investigators revealed that the plane had nose-dived after the right engine suddenly went into reverse thrust ; electronic safety systems designed to cope with this had apparently failed , and a warning light had either malfunctioned or had not been believed by the pilot . |
| 19 | However , many of the securities supposedly backing the receipts did not exist or had not been purchased . |
| 20 | The research shows that 85% of those asked felt that the split between LW and FM had either suited them well or had not affected them . |
| 21 | I was told that everyone in the hamlet had electricity and a loudspeaker in their room — all , that is , except the ‘ bad elements ’ — children of the rich peasants or landlords who had apparently not become ( or had not been allowed to become ) good commune members . |
| 22 | This is a holiday , or had n't you noticed ? |
| 23 | ‘ The club , ’ she said , ‘ or had n't you heard ? ’ |
| 24 | Or had n't you noticed ? ’ |
| 25 | There 's no gates on our yard , or had n't you noticed ? |
| 26 | Or had n't you thought of that ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Or had n't done . |
| 28 | Or had n't you realized it ? ’ |
| 29 | This is murder , Mr. Preston , or had n't you noticed ? |
| 30 | Whatever it was she had , or had n't , done , she was going to get walloped . |