Example sentences of "and had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he remembered the one designer he 'd met — gay — and had second thoughts . |
| 2 | Brachiosaurus was even heavier than Brontosaurus and had front legs longer than its rear ones , the opposite of Brontosaurus . |
| 3 | Rescuing beleaguered maidens had a certain passing reward , but most of the time he 'd finished up by setting them up in some city somewhere with a handsome dowry , because after a while even the most agreeable ex-maiden became possessive and had scant sympathy for his efforts to rescue her sister sufferers . |
| 4 | There was ‘ Deadly ’ Derek Underwood , who was quick through the air , turned the ball and had marvellous control . |
| 5 | In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in particular , the wealthy merchants were independent and organised members of society and had greater freedom than in many countries . |
| 6 | Young subjects were taller and had greater fat free body weight than old subjects but the two groups did not differ in total body weight or lean body mass ( Table I ) . |
| 7 | Always short of money , Pound in the twenties found one outlet after another closed to him and had great difficulty making ends meet . |
| 8 | On one economic issue after another — the American Loan , the coal crisis , the dollar problem , devaluation , the European Payments Union — they were slow to grasp the true options of policy and had great difficulty in reaching sensible conclusions . |
| 9 | When the story was published , he was dismissed from his post , and had great difficulty raising money for further excavations . |
| 10 | He hit through the ball , disguised the passing shots well and had great depth on his shots . |
| 11 | The Company was not powerful enough to go inland and kidnap slaves , and had great difficulty keeping up its coastal garrisons in the unpleasant and unhealthy conditions in which they lived , but in any case , military expeditions to capture slaves were unnecessary . |
| 12 | The guests thought it was romantic and had great fun picking their way through the candlelit restaurant . |
| 13 | It was , he claimed , a piece of bitumen which assuredly had once formed part of the hull of Noah 's Ark , and had great value in the averting of mischief . |
| 14 | Yes and then we 've fiddles or melodions they all m met at each others houses and had great nights . |
| 15 | These buildings were comfortable and spacious , and had great charm . |
| 16 | Having heard that he was much respected and had great influence in these parts , I felt it was as well to do as he told us . |
| 17 | God himself sets up a new Jerusalem , and a Messiah-like figure appears at the end , " the lamb which became a great animal and had great black horns on its head " . |
| 18 | She was discharged home , apparently fit and well , and had five years of active , happy life before she died without much pain or distress from cancer . |
| 19 | Both studies , however , are not strictly comparable as we used elemental diet for at least four weeks and had five day introduction cycles with reintroduction of once only identified foods whereas Alun-Jones et al used diet to symptomatic remission only , had a daily introduction programme without repeat exposure to suspect foods , and in one study used a high fibre diet in the control group . |
| 20 | They had the right religion , they were hard-working , and had small families which they could afford to keep in decent circumstances . |
| 21 | She was tall , a little on the stout side , and had long brown hair with one or two streaks of grey in it which was caught up in a bun perched on the top of her head . |
| 22 | She was a slim , attractive woman in her late twenties and had long fair hair which was tightly piled up under a straw boater . |
| 23 | I have phoned Sarah many times and had long talks with her about the welfare of goats . |
| 24 | Freddy , young lady , last seen nineteen sixty five working in the lace market in Nottingham at , think she lived nearby at Carlton , Nottingham and had long red hair did Freddy . |
| 25 | He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society , and had powerful support from politicians and writers . |
| 26 | McGrath , who took over from Jim McCalliog in October last year , for just 14 months , taking over in October last year from Jim McCalliog , and had 10 months of a two-year contract to run . |
| 27 | Her father had lived at the Old Parsonage at Wouldham and had 10 children . |
| 28 | Rather exasperated , I began to get out and had one foot still on the running board when I heard a woman 's voice call : |
| 29 | People like Henry , white middle-aged men who lived in Wimbledon and had one daughter , were their idea of what British citizens should be . |
| 30 | Labour took Thurrock , Gravesham , and Feltham and Heston , in all of which the Sun 's penetration is over 40 per cent , and had one of its biggest swings , 6.8 per cent , in Hayes and Harlington , where 42 per cent of homes buy it . |