Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now if he was dyslexic , or only had one leg . |
| 2 | Generally , these cash buyers seemed to have made a fair assessment of their chances , in that they were unemployed or already had great difficulty matching small incomes to their outgoings . |
| 3 | Even though the defendant knew the names and addresses of all customers , the quality of contact was not of the degree required in order to establish that he was ever regarded as " being the business " or even had any influence over the customers . |
| 4 | Anna stayed in the paddock , and her only contact with people was when she was chased into a yard and chute for worming and branding , or else had two legs at a time strapped up to facilitate an occasional trimming of her hooves . |
| 5 | St Jude 's Square lay before her , level and familiar , flanked by its old taverns and the graceful iron railings of St Jude 's churchyard where Luke still often waited for her ; the square crowded and ebullient today with the stalls for the Friday market , with traders and dealers and pedlars of fancy braids and buttons , fans , feathers , bright little birds in cages , beads , sequins , second-hand dresses that could be unpicked and made over , second-hand bonnets that could be remodelled , old belts that sometimes had decent buckles , sugar sticks the colour of rubies and emeralds that would be a treat for Liam . |
| 6 | The evidence shows that , when adjusting output during a downturn in the economy , many firms that have taken advantage of regional assistance contract operations at those plants placed in areas that previously had high unemployment choose to close these plants . |
| 7 | Whilst many of these are old parishes , others are towns that previously had significant powers of their own , some retaining mayors and calling themselves town councils . |
| 8 | To complete the picture of railways in this area one should add that the quite successful Leominster & Kington Railway was opened in 1862 and eventually had various extensions and branches , some of which were already under discussion when Kington was reached . |
| 9 | The pre-1974 sub-regional tier , the Hospital Management Committee ( HMC ) , was responsible for running a hospital or a group of hospitals and rarely had specific responsibilities to ensure that the needs of a defined population were met . |
| 10 | Oh on the stage , yeah , but in films she came in later and only had small parts and never made |
| 11 | Our house was small and only had two rooms . |
| 12 | Furthermore , many of the great nobles enriched themselves through war : the Earl of Arundel , for example , was reputed to be fabulously wealthy and apparently had 43,981 marks in bags in the tower of Arundel Castle when he died in 1376 and another 57,000 marks elsewhere . |
| 13 | She understood — mainly because she was only twenty-six and already had four children and another on the way . |
| 14 | They were involved in full-time evangelistic work before this and already had considerable experience of mission and church work . |
| 15 | I will be writing to the normal firms as usual , to get donations for the raffle , er now the other thing I 've got to report from is the stall , no before that the E C discussed applications by other organisations , now Sheffield and erm many other areas produce there own excellent publications , so I , I wrote of to Greater London Pensioner to Redbridge , to Senior Citizens in Sheffield , Anglian Pensioners , Grey Power and erm I , I 've sent letter 's to them and already had some copies back from Sheffield . |
| 16 | Owing to the limited budget , Barbara urged caution on decision on grants which were phased over more than one year , and thus had financial implications for the future . |
| 17 | They began to use their holdings in different regions and countries for different but complementary roles within their respective international patterns of plants , and thus had systematic effects on the evolution of employment patterns in different kinds of country . |
| 18 | Well , Tam has asked the question but answered it elsewhere , writing that Crossman 's ‘ sense of his own position in the elite of the nation never deserted him ’ , and that ‘ he seldom if ever had any doubts about his place at the very epicentre of the British Establishment ’ . |
| 19 | They watched us through the holes , and always had two guns pointing directly at us . |
| 20 | ‘ I have taken great pains to stress that aspect in the sometimes heated discussions , ’ he said , adding he was not enthusiastic about the original proposals and still had serious reservations . |
| 21 | His Congo campaign achieved its preliminary aim in 1908 when the Free State was handed over to Belgium , and thereafter had some success in pressing the latter to adopt specific reforms , despite the reluctance of the British and French governments to antagonize Belgium , on whose friendship their European policies depended . |
| 22 | She mentions that there was another girl in her class at high school who was also called Denice Lewis and also had blonde hair . |
| 23 | The site was about three hours ' drive away from London and also had good communications with the north of the country . |
| 24 | Both men were lifelong friends of his and also had influential careers in Rome . |
| 25 | Early pollinators were attracted by pollen and probably had grinding mandibles : they also took ovules and developing seeds . |
| 26 | The initial publicity had , however , encouraged some pregnant girls along , including Sara , who had started coming when she was twenty-four weeks pregnant , and now had three-and-a-half weeks left to go . |
| 27 | Military and naval attachés usually regarded their appointments merely as interludes in their service careers and often had little sympathy with the outlook and preoccupations of professional diplomats . |
| 28 | It boasted a number of imposing public buildings , including a town hall , cathedral , military hospital and a theatre , and even had electric lighting , unusual in those days . |
| 29 | I always preferred bank fishing Toftingall and invariably had better results than from fishing from the boat . |
| 30 | I was playing guitar in a group which I ran for a while , and then had some success with a couple of singles . |