Example sentences of "and had [adv] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had been proved mistaken and had probably suffered a somewhat humiliating rebuff from his superior officer . |
| 2 | It forms a bypass around Crowmarsh Gifford and had previously had a good safety record . |
| 3 | It was a tragedy that the very regions that needed support and had previously enjoyed a generous level of regional assistance suffered those cuts . |
| 4 | But now , rather like recording afresh over the existing programme on an audio or visual cassette , Sylvia had superimposed a successful situation and had thereby made a significant change in the data recognized by her subconscious . |
| 5 | Predictably , she was not sympathetic to the boisterous ways of a young teenager , though she did not go so far as a Mrs Dudley who complained to Bloomsbury House that one of her fifteen-year-old lodgers , Willy , had ‘ broken the beading on a wardrobe and had also broken a chair ’ , offences which most parents of healthy teenagers would have accepted as part of growing up . |
| 6 | Ivy looked well and had just had a holiday in a private hotel [ Broome Park , once the property of Lord Kitchener ] in Kent . |
| 7 | The first time , I was a student and had just finished a holiday job as a shopfitter in Soho . |
| 8 | Mr Bumble had completed his business in the city , and had just finished a most satisfactory meal in a pub . |
| 9 | Ten years ago Eddie Murphy was aged 19 and had just left a job in a shoe store to start on Saturday Night Live , playing a variety of characters including Buck Wheat , Mr. Rogers and Velvet Jones . |
| 10 | They crossed the road to face the oncoming traffic and had just passed a 40 mph speed limit sign when he looked over his shoulder and saw a car heading towards them on the wrong side of the road . |
| 11 | I was waiting to go up to university and had just got a job as a prep-school master . |
| 12 | He had been surprised at Sam 's willingness to stay , and had even felt a flicker of jealousy when he had flopped contentedly down in the grass beside the boy 's feet . |
| 13 | Perdita was settling down and had even hit a respectable forehand which only just missed the goal when Alejandro , out of some devilry , swopped one of his sons and a cousin for Luke and Angel . |
| 14 | She wanted to be a hairdresser , and had even started a course , but consequently had to leave . |
| 15 | As a student , Dinah was careful with money , and had even got a lift to the festival from her history teacher , to save money . |
| 16 | It had heartened her though that , probably from basic good manners , she had been able to mask her reluctance to get into the car with Ivo , and had even found a smile for him . |
| 17 | Throughout his travels he had met and been impressed by fellow globetrotters from China , and had slowly formulated a plan to create a thorough visual documentation of Chinese civilisation . |
| 18 | The Syrian Defence Minister , Gen. Mustafa Tlass , had visited Moscow in February and had reportedly received a pledge of military aid . |
| 19 | Daddy was going to rebuild it with his own hands and had already done a bit to it when I was young . |
| 20 | It was beginning to take over from the London external degrees , and had already established a substantial range of subject areas in which it could work . |
| 21 | It was the brainchild of Eric Kaye who lives in the area and had already published a history of the airfield . |
| 22 | B.R. Pearn had been appointed Information Officer , and had already produced a booklet for the Indian Army HQ , compiled with the help of experienced District and Forest Officers , with valuable advice on how to live in the jungle . |
| 23 | He said it demanded an immediate custodial sentence , but as Spencer was of previous good character and had already spent a week in custody on remand awaiting sentence , he made the community service order . |
| 24 | The Health Secretary had accepted recommendations addressed to his department , and had already introduced a review of the health service 's response to major incidents . |
| 25 | The NLD had won an overwhelming election victory in May 1990 [ see pp. 37457-58 ] , following which the junta had refused to hand over power and had instead initiated a strategy of undermining the party . |
| 26 | Described by the authorities as an " informal organization " , the MDU had been formed in December 1989 [ see p. 37124 ] and had subsequently organized a series of peaceful demonstrations in Ulan Bator to press for political and economic reforms , including the introduction of a multi-part system [ see p. 37186 ] . |
| 27 | Nathan had spent 122 days in prison in 1990 for meeting PLO officials , and had subsequently staged a 40-day hunger strike in protest against the law . |
| 28 | Blaize had been deposed as leader of the New National Party which he led to a landslide electoral victory under US auspices in 1984 and had defiantly formed a new grouping . |
| 29 | ( He had first formed a minority government in 1985 , ending over 40 years of PCP rule in the province , and had then won a large majority at elections in 1987 — see p. 35452 . ) |
| 30 | His wife , who had miscarried he was no longer sure how many times , had stayed in bed two or three weeks without setting her foot to the floor on every occasion , and had then spent a week or so more , he remembered , on a sofa in the drawing-room looking not merely untouchable but as if even a heavy footstep across the hall might shatter her into pieces like spun glass . |