Example sentences of "and had at " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The question is probably too sophisticated : after all , his own father was by no means destitute , and had at least something worth conserving . |
| 3 | Up to then Graham , 33 , had been mainly in control and had at times outclassed the 27-year-old Grant . |
| 4 | But even then we divided up the list and had at least an aisle between us . |
| 5 | She was a nurse , and had at one time been a nun . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | He married Eleanor Sophia Marshall and had at least one daughter , Grace ( born 1853 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | He married in 1880 and had at least three children . |
| 13 | He was married and had at least one son . |
| 14 | He left a widow and had at least one son . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | She was jumpy and had at one point been startled by her own shadow . |
| 17 | ( 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 . |