Example sentences of "and he had [adv] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ulster 's opposition to Home Rule long pre-dated Law 's leadership and he had rarely even spoken on Irish affairs in parliament before becoming leader . |
| 2 | Tawell , who was deeply affronted that such a respectable businessman should be arrested on such a charge , exclaimed that he had never heard of Sara Hart , nor of Salt Hill , and he had definitely never been there . |
| 3 | And he had so nearly succeeded ! |
| 4 | It was my duty to nurture and encourage only those with potential and he had about as much as a Mike Channon betting tip . |
| 5 | Greg had been little better than a crook on the business front — and he had very nearly dragged her father — and his stupendous talent — down with him . |
| 6 | And he had very nearly succeeded . |
| 7 | He was run off his legs the last time and he had only just been paid for the quarter . ’ |
| 8 | Lizzy had adored her father and he had only ever let her down . |
| 9 | At the cinema , under cover of darkness , he put his arm around her tentatively , but was always ready for rejection , and he had only twice kissed her . |
| 10 | Before the Great War , however , Baden-Powell 's public attitude towards the military significance of the Boy Scouts had been hedged about with all sorts of reservations , and he had always actively disfavoured drill which he thought produced merely mechanical obedience . |
| 11 | And he had never yet directly addressed Melanie by her name or even acknowledged Victoria 's presence . |
| 12 | If there was anything here that came to him from his father , it could be nowhere but in the church , and he had never yet been allowed past the gate-towers , and could not believe in any such concession now . |