Example sentences of "[adj] [adv] had [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shrewd military gentlemen were always aware of political realities , and upon entry some already had promotion in mind . |
| 2 | King penguins were nesting on the hare ground a short walk from our landing beach , and while some still had eggs ( which are hatched on top of the feet under a fold of skin on the belly ) , others already had young , some of whom had developed brown down which made them look like teddy bears ! |
| 3 | As for the Danuese battalion , the Sons of Death , as they called themselves , a few still had revenge on their minds . |
| 4 | These cottage front doors were never used — some even had rows of flowerpots across the sill as a deterrent — and Anna had to go round to the back to find a resting place for the magazine . |
| 5 | Some even had photographs of it on their walls . |
| 6 | Fergal already had hold of Ellie 's long brown hair , and was jerking her head backwards . |
| 7 | During the 1930s the world had seen considerable political and military changes , already the dictators of Europe were making territorial gains , and the Japanese also had designs on mainland Asia , invading Manchuria and waging a savage war on China . |
| 8 | The test is subjective , and it does not matter whether the accused actually had authority or consent . |
| 9 | Residents would be relocated from dying areas to those that still had life in them . |
| 10 | His wrist still throbbed from his fight with the Big Chicken but it seemed to be the only part of him that still had feeling ; the rest had retired bleeding but numbed into some secret cave of its own . |
| 11 | Is n't your creature 's brain stolen from a corpse that once had life and thought ? ’ |
| 12 | Behind him , the path runs down into a fold of land that once had allotments . |
| 13 | ( 1991 , Experiment 3 ) , however , all simply had subjects watch slides without any particular task being specified , none of these studies showed clear support for the hypothesis . |
| 14 | They wear macs in mid-winter : many never had winter coats . |
| 15 | Many of the earliest public libraries were busily involved in adult education , providing lectures and discussion meetings , arranging exhibitions and displays , and going out with some of their stock to societies and schools and clubs in the most admirably proselytizing manner ; many actually had art galleries and museums under their care as well , providing an early example of multi-media provision . |
| 16 | He had half-expected that the response would be a thrust of the long spurs and a head-down gallop for the open , and those ahead had orders to bring down the horse if Isambard tried it ; but instead he stirred gently in the saddle and brought his mount edging forward in obedience to the order , dancing restively past the quivering arrow , and almost abreast of Owen 's hiding-place . |
| 17 | All these patients had presented with rectal discharge or bleeding , nine also had diahorrhoea and two had obstructive symptoms . |
| 18 | Early in the encounter , Herridge and other spectators said they saw Swansea 's flanker Ian Davies kick Richard Langhorn and the Quins ' No. 8 later had stitches inserted in a head wound . |
| 19 | And if a married woman in her own right had investment income , she 'd got money in a building society or a bank or what have you Morning ! |
| 20 | Maturities vary but they tend to be longer than those for conventional stocks ; only three of the 13 stocks outstanding at end-September , 1991 had maturity dates before the end of the century and several still had terms to maturity in excess of 20 years . |
| 21 | Wards 14 and 15 still had guards waiting for tuberculosis cures . |
| 22 | None the less , women married for the first time in the 1930s actually had family sizes only just below replacement rate . |
| 23 | The disappointing crowd of just 7,370 certainly had value for money . |
| 24 | ’ Schisgal obviously had Dustin in mind when he wrote this . |
| 25 | ( A further two normally had help in the house , but were temporarily without it when interviewed . ) |
| 26 | Only one of the three warm-up competitions was against the clock — the other two both had jump-offs — and the winner of this , Alain Vaillancourt , is not even qualified for the cup . |
| 27 | Two also had tenesmus . |
| 28 | Although in the end a good many men were taxed on wages , a number in Kerrier hundred initially had goods worth £2 , making the true overall percentage of labouring people a fairly normal 36.6 , almost the same as in Devonshire . |
| 29 | Æthelred too had troubles with the Irish Sea and Normandy , sending expeditions against both , marrying Richard 's sister Emma , and going into exile with her kin in 1013 . |
| 30 | Bright too had misgivings in this area , particularly about size of the single conductor , and asked for it to be enlarged . |