Example sentences of "and had [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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1 | He had lived outwith Scotland for only 5 years but during that time he had travelled further by land and had seen a greater number of interesting places than most people do in a lifetime . |
2 | But when the justice minister who had agreed to her release himself fell from favour , she was reimprisoned and had to serve a further ten months before being rereleased . |
3 | There were fresh candles to buy , the hire — or outright purchase — of mourning cloaks ; the poor had again to be invited — it was considered worthy and laudable to remember them at one 's death — and had to receive a further portion of the largesse exhibited at the funeral . |
4 | Three patients had developed anastomotic disease recurrence and had required a further resection and reanastomosis 8–14 years before this study . |
5 | Having heard the account of her recapture and the sadistic reprisal inflicted on Pam , they were doubly eager to have another go at the sect heavies , and had recruited a further six of their own mates and invited them along to the party . |