Example sentences of "and had a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was , however , a target of a completely different order , as Benghazi was a large town which would be well guarded and had a civilian population still in occupation . |
| 2 | The girl involved in the case — which echoes the hit film Home Alone — goes to stage school and had a non-speaking part in The Bill . |
| 3 | I decided this had to be done puristically and had a young boy dressed up as a girl in the play . |
| 4 | This creature superficially resembled the modern amphioxus and had a bilobed head and pair of tentacles , as well as myotomes and a notochord which , unlike the amphioxus , appears not to have extended to the anterior . |
| 5 | Leeds defeated Rangers 2-0 at Elland Road and had a no-scoring draw at Ibrox , and went on to win the competition . |
| 6 | But he was very systematic in his descriptions and had a rare gift for the significant detail . |
| 7 | It is true that the oil crisis dealt an important blow to the functioning of the system and had a major impact on the form and timing of the crisis — constituting a trigger for the crash which separates the period of overheating from the subsequent one of mass unemployment and stagnation . |
| 8 | He loved radio , the cinema , and the theatre and had a wide knowledge of classical music , playing the violin , cello , and viola at Perkin 's musical parties in Manchester . |
| 9 | Lord Dulverton was a leading wildlife campaigner and forester and had a lifelong dedication to forestry and to deer . |
| 10 | He said he was feeling sick and numb and had a crushing pain . |
| 11 | Tall , he suffered the sunken chest of a consumptive , and had a hooked nose and eyes that , though hidden behind dark lids , were too big for his face — it was the starving poet look that enslaved self-sacrificial women . |
| 12 | Knew all the responses and had a suitable respect for the cloth . |
| 13 | The infirmary was quiet like the chapel and had a strange smell . |
| 14 | Brigadier Canford , who was indeed a lover of pretty girls , looked at Perdita 's impassive , dead-pan face , and had a strange feeling he 'd seen her before somewhere . |
| 15 | He glanced at the clock and had a strange feeling that he had to do something — there was somewhere he ought to be . |
| 16 | During a lull in the rail traffic , he opened the bag and had a good look at the object . |
| 17 | Felicity struck out her tongue and had a good look at that too . |
| 18 | It turned out that he 'd inched along the parapet — a thin one about six inches wide — and had a good peek at us through the windows . |
| 19 | So we lost , but went down fighting , and had a good night out an all . |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , but when you have taken your tablet and had a good rest , you will be perfectly all right , has Doctor Sparrow not told you ? |
| 21 | On Boxing Day , which was really hot , a party of us drove to Riverton and had a good laugh about Riverton Rocks , which were given maximum rating ( 3 stars ) in the Guidebook but turned out to be just rocky outcrops offshore . |
| 22 | It looked good and had a good choice of books . ’ |
| 23 | Doctor Teesdale was unmarried , and had a good income of his own . |
| 24 | These patients exhibited an ‘ exudative ’ ascites with a high protein and lymphocyte content and had a good prognosis . |
| 25 | But Len was n't Mick : there was no deep depth in Len ; he was an honest , open fellow who was a father of two children and had a good wife , by the sound of her . |
| 26 | Oh yes , she 's got the house , and had a good talk to me , and help |
| 27 | Anyhow — it was Lyles at play or post work recreation when they gathered two teams together on 3rd May and had a good game of football at the Cumbernauld Sports Centre . |
| 28 | It would be nice for you critics to stand up and be counted : - ) ) Newsome has also been praised and had a good game vs scum . |
| 29 | Town rallied and had a good effort from Kenny Campbell , well saved by keeper , Andy Hopping , after Roger Charles had found him with a great cross , but Harefield went in at half time with a deserved one nil lead . |
| 30 | The temptation to let go was strongly compelling and had a good argument to back it up . |