Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] and had " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had not been eating properly and had been drinking more than usual . |
| 2 | Forty four ( 93.6% ) of the remaining 47 patients were dilated successfully and had complete relief of dysphagia . |
| 3 | Patients aged between 18 and 75 years presenting to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital , Sheffield with duodenal ulceration were treated medically and had an endoscopy to confirm ulcer healing . |
| 4 | L'Auberge expanded , necessitating the employment of Arnold , a young chef who took over most of the day-to-day running of the kitchen , and Olive , a restaurant manageress who , like almost all the waitresses , lived locally and had been trained on the job by George . |
| 5 | The defender said : ‘ When we lost 5-0 at Liverpool a couple of weeks ago we all got together and had a heart-to-heart . |
| 6 | I said I thought it too valuable to wear constantly and had put it in my dressing-table drawer . |
| 7 | It was as if someone had been trapped inside and had kicked and beaten the door — perhaps without success — until the power had gone and they had been able to drive back down the hill . |
| 8 | His house was broken into , his fiancee was attacked while walking home and had her handbag snatched , and then his car window was smashed . |
| 9 | They had been approached beforehand and had agreed to go to Luxor and back as members of the Prince 's party . |
| 10 | Unlike most of his earlier groups , they recorded and rehearsed regularly and had an identity , albeit one that was somewhat confused . |
| 11 | And that morning 's takings had trebled and brought her new custom , for he had always seen to it that he was shod well and had good small clothes and shirts . |
| 12 | At discharge , when he was fully well , he was eating normally and had no clinical abnormality in chest or abdomen . |
| 13 | But he had finally done so and had seen other eagles , each in his own cage , all mature , all seeming big and threatening . |
| 14 | It had provided that the deal could be varied in writing only and had to be signed by Mr Gillespie and by a director of the purchasing company acting with the authorisation of its board . |
| 15 | They had moved together and had stood in front of a monument , seemingly absorbed . |
| 16 | Is he aware also that during that time scale many seriously ill patients had to be turned away and had to go to other hospitals and that patients using the unit had to be taken out of it prematurely so that others more seriously ill could take their place ? |
| 17 | Since 1945 , the traditional functions of Parliament had expanded rapidly and had become more technical and complex . |
| 18 | I decided this had to be done puristically and had a young boy dressed up as a girl in the play . |
| 19 | Her father suffered similarly and had symptoms of delerium with it . |
| 20 | If the shop manager knew that the accused was acting dishonestly and had no authority from the bank , he would not have completed the transaction . |
| 21 | Taureg had done well and had received her just and sincere due , but this was tot time , and on board the depot ship Omega , first things came first . |
| 22 | Steve Cauthen , who finished 16th of the 19 runners on one of the leading English hopes , Cacoethes , said : ‘ I was hampered continually and had no sort of run . ’ |
| 23 | She just wanted to go home and had started to worry about the hour it would take her to get there , the sorry state of her boots , the snow coming on . |
| 24 | ‘ I got home and had the sensation of pins and needles up my left side which affected my face , tongue , leg and arm . |
| 25 | But Lambeth insisted last week it acted properly and had been backed by an SSI inquiry . |
| 26 | This does n't apply if the ritual is completed , since the circle will have exploded outwards and had more serious effects . |
| 27 | To this was added the proviso that the GLC had not acted arbitrarily and had considered both its duties to the ratepayers and the statutory duties imposed by the 1969 Act on it and on the LTE . |
| 28 | Again I had time to find a garage that had opened early and had a welder . |
| 29 | Yet we defended well and had the best first-half chance . |
| 30 | Desperate not to have to overtake , he 'd braked hard and had felt the car shimmy dangerously . |