Example sentences of "and [adv] had the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I certainly had had enough and so had the poor lady , judging by her slight breathlessness , flushed cheeks and waving handkerchief . |
2 | Southport Railway Centre also ran its usual trains , again using the LMS Brakevans , over the Spring Bank Holiday , and thus had the unusual , possibly unique distinction of being the only preservation organisation running trains on its own lines and also on another , privately owned line at the same time . |
3 | The meat was cylindrical and bloody , and still had the furry skin on . |
4 | Quite apart from its technical ingenuity , its wily thematic evolutions and transformations , I love its eccentricity : only Bernstein could have ‘ tuned in ’ to Plato 's timeless dinner party and still had the last laugh . |
5 | One of them , Neil , could — like his father — turn his hand to anything , and also had the same sense of humour , which nothing could quench . |
6 | It was painted a drab olive grey to look like a German staff car and even had the monthly enemy air recognition panel painted on the bonnet . |
7 | One councillor governor champion co-ordinated a petition from children and parents and even had the full council in chamber addressed by a group of young children in successful campaigns for a new swimming baths for the area and for greater access by children to school playing fields outside school hours . |
8 | If the Pritchetts had n't taken me in , I 'd have probably been put in an orphanage and never had the educational advantages or been given the opportunities that have come my way . ’ |