Example sentences of "and had [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | France , which envisaged that it would lead the new force , had withdrawn from NATO 's integrated command structure in 1966 [ see p. 21601 ] and had since then pursued an effectively independent line on military issues . |
| 2 | Goldin was a senior vice-president of TRW , a major US defence concern , and had since 1987 been general manager of its space and technology division . |
| 3 | The regime had been entirely obsessed with the immediate issues of survival and had on occasions mistaken the exigencies of the present for long-term principle . |
| 4 | Nicky had ( and for all I know still has ) the reputation of being the best criminal defence lawyer at the Scottish bar and had on several occasions persuaded juries to acquit those whom he had every reason to believe were guilty . |
| 5 | Theology had long been familiar with this kind of argument , and had on occasion made very extensive use of it . |
| 6 | She had discarded the dirty wrapper she had been wearing and had on long silky black stockings and suspenders , a black peephole bra and crutchless panties . |
| 7 | Odd , though , that they had once seemed so odd , so isolated , for the school at which Dotty Doddridge vainly endeavoured to teach French had been non-conformist , faintly progressive , certainly egalitarian in its religious and social complexion : it had offered a liberal , secularized , healthy coeducation , and had on its foundation in the 1860s set out to attract the children of vegetarians , Quakers , freethinkers , pacifists , Unitarians , reformers . |
| 8 | He had understudied Hayden Coffin for three months and had on two consecutive nights gone on for him . |
| 9 | A volunteers ' battalion , raised in June 1915 by the Mayor of Wandsworth , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Archibald Downay , was entitled The 13th ( Volunteer ) Battalion and had on its badge the arms of Wandsworth in place of those of Guildford . |
| 10 | Edwards , Manchester United 's chief executive and major shareholder , was at pains to emphasise that Knighton had been in a position to complete the deal , but had not done so ‘ in the interests of the club ’ and had at no time sought compensation . |
| 11 | The question is probably too sophisticated : after all , his own father was by no means destitute , and had at least something worth conserving . |
| 12 | Up to then Graham , 33 , had been mainly in control and had at times outclassed the 27-year-old Grant . |
| 13 | But even then we divided up the list and had at least an aisle between us . |
| 14 | She was a nurse , and had at one time been a nun . |
| 15 | Liz had never admired , and had at times expressed somewhat freely ( and in her own view wittily ) her lack of response to Henrietta 's frigid style and vapid conversation , but nevertheless felt herself , in Henrietta 's presence , rendered almost as dull as Henrietta , and moreover uneasily aware that in other houses , in other milieux , at a distance , in other circles , she had seen Henrietta sparkling , laughing , surrounded by life — vacuous life , feverish small talk , no doubt , but life — a life that froze in Liz as she contemplated her guest 's stiff blue taffeta gown ( this was surely a gown , not a dress , and , not even English , probably French ) , her exposed white bosom , her diamond necklace ( well , probably diamonds , why not ? ) , her high white forehead , her thin dark-red lips . |
| 16 | and McNeill J. , had to consider an application for a writ of habeas corpus , where justices had refused bail on the ground that there was likely to be interference with witnesses and had at an application for a further remand in custody declined to hear the defendant 's counsel who wished to renew the application for bail on the basis that there had been a material change of circumstances . |
| 17 | There was a special edge to this match because they had beaten us easily in each of our past five encounters and had at first declined a fixture this year . |
| 18 | Still , she liked one or two of the collective , Xanthe had put some money in ( actually five hundred pounds , a fair whack ) when Miranda had asked her to , so she felt bound to give the paper some support in kind , and the office was fun — she liked pitching in with headings , sidebars , suggested stories , and pasting up till the small hours , with the help of ciggies and carafe wine ; the sex gossip was the best in town , which made up for the coffee ( though they could afford dope , they could n't rise to real coffee , and had at one time even resorted to the bitter brown syrup Camp , with the turbaned lascar on the label ) . |
| 19 | He married Eleanor Sophia Marshall and had at least one daughter , Grace ( born 1853 ) . |
| 20 | He married Alice Brooke of Shropshire and had at least three sons and two daughters , all of them involved directly or by marriage in London commerce . |
| 21 | He married in 1880 and had at least three children . |
| 22 | He was married and had at least one son . |
| 23 | He left a widow and had at least one son . |
| 24 | He was having a wonderful time , and had at least , she noticed , retained enough good sense to make sure that his losses at the table were minimal . |
| 25 | She was jumpy and had at one point been startled by her own shadow . |
| 26 | ( 4 ) A solicitor 's employee who would not otherwise qualify under sub-paragraph ( 1 ) ( b ) of this rule to manage an office and who was 50 years of age or more on and had at that date been continuously employed in connection with the practice of that solicitor for not less than 20 years shall , provided he or she exercised the duty of management at that date , be entitled to continue to do so until retiring or attaining the age of 70 years , whichever first happens . |
| 27 | The first took place in the midst of the July 1981 riots , and had as its theme : ‘ Civil Disturbances ’ . |
| 28 | The second debate took place on 26 November 1981 , on the publication of the Scarman Report , and had as its theme : ‘ Law and Order ’ . |
| 29 | He felt as abject as a convalescent child and had to be helped up the three stone flights to his cell . |
| 30 | But you get in nowhere without a pass , applications for which are vetted by the Special Branch , and this year hundreds of passes went missing and had to be queued for . |