Example sentences of "and [noun pl] had [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Kendal prosperous merchants and clothiers had established a middle class , and the Kendal yards , with the merchant 's house , the workers ' cottages , and the spinning and weaving lofts all packed together under close supervision opened up new conditions . |
| 2 | A general strike call by the BJP in protest against rising prices and cuts in subsidies for petrol and fertilizers had evoked a patchy response on Nov. 3 except in two states , Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan , where the BJP formed the government . |
| 3 | The poets and critics had played a considerable part in stimulating and organizing the first manifestations of the Cubists , but the connections between Orphism and contemporary literature were stronger and more direct . |
| 4 | As early as the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. the Greek philosophers and historians had shown a keen interest in foreign doctrines and customs and had been inclined to recognize some value in them . |
| 5 | There had been a stray mongrel whom they had named Herbert , with a large uncoordinated body and look of lugubrious disapproval who had attached himself to them for a few weeks and whose voracious appetite for dog-meat and biscuits had had a ruinous effect on the housekeeping . |