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 . ’
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