Example sentences of "and they had [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was showing his wife , a Wren in the war , around London landmarks , and they had reached the Cenotaph , where the flagstaffs were being touched up with gold paint for Armistice Day . |
| 2 | She started to walk across the yard , and he followed her ; and they had reached the house door before her decision came : ‘ I 'll take the cart down there later on ; if he 's put her to work she 's likely pacing The Strand , ’ she said . |
| 3 | When I came back to England I was very humbled really to erm because I arrived in Nepal three hours before that crash and erm a lot of people had thought I 'd died in that crash and erm the patients had thought I 'd died as well and they had to put a big notice outside to say that I 'd been alright , they had lots of people ringing up . |
| 4 | Because the governor 's palace was in a state of very sad repair and they had to put a new roof in it . |
| 5 | A CIA man rushed out and roared at them angrily , and they had to put the fire out . |
| 6 | It was even more important to do this quickly , because they had no food and they had lost the horses . |
| 7 | He joined her to say he would not be in the office that morning , a contact in the city had an exclusive story for him and they had arranged a meeting . |
| 8 | At five o'clock three Corporation attendants with a policeman would turn everyone off the market ; and they had to take the cattle they had n't sold with them . |
| 9 | Muhammad al-Sharifi welcomed everyone present , and then explained the purpose of the gathering : the men from Zliten would arrive , and they had to decide the amount of compensation . |
| 10 | Some insisted that the reforms were naturally problematic and they had to support the Party in its efforts to modernise China . |
| 11 | Mrs Harrison had always been a keen gardener and they had built a rockery , down which a small stream flowed with the aid of an electric pump . |
| 12 | Their point was 2½ miles farther west , and they had named the station Wainwright . |
| 13 | The others returned to the city , falling back in brave order till they were out of reach of the enemy : and they had done no little in that exploit , for they slew above two hundred and fifty Moors . |
| 14 | they used to , well , it , it was night shift and they had took a camera into the er factory were they were doing the cars and he had blokes |
| 15 | Sophie moreover actually had a job , had an income , which was beginning to be something of a pressing issue , inflation and the changing climate began to bite into their indifferent superiority to the outside world and they had given no thought as to how to fight that . |
| 16 | And they had suffered a great loss when John Crabb , their notable leader , had been captured by the English on his return from his ill-fated venture to the Tay and Perth in support of Mar . |
| 17 | When last orders were called and they had to leave the pub , they went round to the fish and chip shop to see if it was open , but like the kinema , it too was closed . |
| 18 | A lot of them brought bacon and eggs but you had to cook it and they had to leave the pans and things clean when they left — so it was always a rush job and all policemen suffered from bad stomachs . |
| 19 | But they did not know how happy until their life in London was over , and they had to live a very different life indeed . |
| 20 | The story goes that their car broke down on the way to Larne , and they had to hitch a ride to get to the boat on time . |
| 21 | By 1990 turnover had increased to £150,000 and they had made a profit of £32,000 . |
| 22 | The early Earth-people had not given up on anything ; they had conquered and explored and invented and they had made a marvellous and memorable world . |
| 23 | And in the afternoon , at the time he was drowned , her mother would call her inside and bolt the door , and they would kneel together and say the rosary for the soul of the father she had never known ; and when all those Hail Mary 's had been said , and the Glory Be 's and the Our Father , and they had made the sign of the Cross together , her mother would pull out the silver Madonna she always kept hidden at her breast and press her lips to it in a way that said everything you needed to know about love and death and being a woman . |
| 24 | In the discussion which followed the Zuwaya argued that five hours had passed and they had elected no one : in view of the late hour and the irregularities ( another Magharba member of the local Assembly , doubling as an electoral officer , was suspected of cheating and was escorted out by police ) it would be better to hold the elections another day . |
| 25 | Some practical joker rang up : said there was a gas leak , and they had to evacuate the house . ’ |
| 26 | Sir Richard said sportsmen had a tremendous impact on youngsters when it came to tobacco advertising and they had to set an example . |
| 27 | Dmitri agreed with her , and they had had a passionate argument last night with Marchak , who drove racing cars , and Frolovna , who had loved a matador for two weeks in Spain . |
| 28 | And they had had a discussion about it , speculating as to whether he actually lived there or was there to kill something , rats , moles , any sort of infestation . |
| 29 | They were small handmade notes protesting against environmental pollution and complaining about how it endangered health — and they had thrown the security forces into a tizzy . |
| 30 | If anything had been brought in for you it had to be handed in at the screws ' table , and they had to sign the property book . |