Example sentences of "[adv] and had [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This does n't apply if the ritual is completed , since the circle will have exploded outwards and had more serious effects . |
| 2 | We arrive at school , just before nine o'clock and had seven hours of school to look forward to . |
| 3 | In Acts we have two vivid descriptions of what has come to be called the communism of the early Church : ‘ All who believed were together and had all things in common ; and they sold their possessions and goods and distributed them to all , as any had need ’ ( Acts 2:44–5 ) ; and ‘ No one said that any of the things which he possessed was his own , but they had everything in common … |
| 4 | She was knitting to cars as one single motif on her Silver Reed but had put the point cams on incorrectly and had one car in the middle and two half cars either side . |
| 5 | Jack was on call anyway and had more reason to be there than her , but if anything that was an added incentive to stay . |
| 6 | Forty four ( 93.6% ) of the remaining 47 patients were dilated successfully and had complete relief of dysphagia . |
| 7 | She dressed elegantly and had social graces which Kevin did n't have , but her role in life was rooted in the peasant culture of her family 's origins . |
| 8 | He came from Brundisium , the place where the most famous Messapic inscription was found ( Whatmough no. 474 ) , but Brundisium became a Latin colony in 244 B.C. and had long-standing connections with Greek Tarentum , to which Pacuvius ultimately retired . |
| 9 | Some specialised in building boats quickly and had large numbers of boatbuilders but most docks were very small with a work force of only two or three men . |
| 10 | In 1929 Hill had become a director of the Eagle Star Insurance Company , which , in the economic recovery of the 1930s , grew rapidly and had substantial funds to invest . |
| 11 | By 1702 , the house and grounds were held by Richard Boyle , the third Earl of Burlington , also the fourth Earl of Cork , who travelled extensively and had many influential friends , including Alexander Pope , who was considered to be head of the literary world and who moved with his parents , in 1716 , to the end house of Dr. Matthias Mawson 's new buildings ( Mawson Row ) , that end house being on the corner of Chiswick Lane and a lane that later became known as Mawson Lane ( now obliterated by the dual carriageway of the Great West Road Extension A.4. ) ; that end house , in due course , becoming a Public House named Fox and Hounds , following Alexander Pope 's removal to Strawberry Hill at Twickenham . |
| 12 | I wished I 'd of stayed a bit longer now and had another look around |
| 13 | He hit through the ball , disguised the passing shots well and had great depth on his shots . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | UNTIL RECENTLY , each of the great religions of the world developed independently and had little contact with one another . |
| 16 | ‘ They were a lot richer than most people round here and had more status . |
| 17 | Foster did well as nightwatchman but otherwise only Gooch , in one of his slowest innings , stood firm ; he batted over seven hours with the ball moving around awkwardly and had 84 to his name when he was last out , having seen the total to 202 . |
| 18 | Banking sources said in June that credit needs were expected to expand dramatically even though Romania was owed some $3,000,000 million from abroad and had hard currency reserves of $900,000,000 million . |
| 19 | and er they got a board out there and had that sort of three twenty five and things like , that 's very good . |
| 20 | We sat there and had two or three or four and it got to 11 o'clock and we had a few sandwiches and things like that , and we just sat there talking . |
| 21 | The parties , who had left the United Kingdom to settle in Australia , married there and had two children . |
| 22 | Her whole idea of the world 's work was derived from what she observed there and had little in common with the circulation of the great city which toiled on only a hundred yards away . |
| 23 | Llanelli22 , Cardiff6 LLANELLI , despite some fragile handling , duly won their Heineken League One match at Stradey Park against struggling Cardiff , who nevertheless fought hard and had more of the game than the score suggests . |
| 24 | Llanelli22 , Cardiff6 LLANELLI , despite some fragile handling , duly won their Heineken League One match at Stradey Park against struggling Cardiff , who nevertheless fought hard and had more of the game than the score suggests . |
| 25 | A tallish centre cast very much in the old and ideal New Zealand mould , de Glanville tackled well , covered expertly and had genuine zip into and through the gap . |
| 26 | A 24 year old woman had been diagnosed five years previously and had persistent abdominal pain , diarrhoea , and ill health despite repeated courses of steroids . |