Example sentences of "and had [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rescuing beleaguered maidens had a certain passing reward , but most of the time he 'd finished up by setting them up in some city somewhere with a handsome dowry , because after a while even the most agreeable ex-maiden became possessive and had scant sympathy for his efforts to rescue her sister sufferers . |
| 2 | There was ‘ Deadly ’ Derek Underwood , who was quick through the air , turned the ball and had marvellous control . |
| 3 | In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries in particular , the wealthy merchants were independent and organised members of society and had greater freedom than in many countries . |
| 4 | The guests thought it was romantic and had great fun picking their way through the candlelit restaurant . |
| 5 | Always short of money , Pound in the twenties found one outlet after another closed to him and had great difficulty making ends meet . |
| 6 | On one economic issue after another — the American Loan , the coal crisis , the dollar problem , devaluation , the European Payments Union — they were slow to grasp the true options of policy and had great difficulty in reaching sensible conclusions . |
| 7 | When the story was published , he was dismissed from his post , and had great difficulty raising money for further excavations . |
| 8 | The Company was not powerful enough to go inland and kidnap slaves , and had great difficulty keeping up its coastal garrisons in the unpleasant and unhealthy conditions in which they lived , but in any case , military expeditions to capture slaves were unnecessary . |
| 9 | Having heard that he was much respected and had great influence in these parts , I felt it was as well to do as he told us . |
| 10 | He hit through the ball , disguised the passing shots well and had great depth on his shots . |
| 11 | These buildings were comfortable and spacious , and had great charm . |
| 12 | It was , he claimed , a piece of bitumen which assuredly had once formed part of the hull of Noah 's Ark , and had great value in the averting of mischief . |
| 13 | Both studies , however , are not strictly comparable as we used elemental diet for at least four weeks and had five day introduction cycles with reintroduction of once only identified foods whereas Alun-Jones et al used diet to symptomatic remission only , had a daily introduction programme without repeat exposure to suspect foods , and in one study used a high fibre diet in the control group . |
| 14 | He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society , and had powerful support from politicians and writers . |
| 15 | I lay in the small , gauzy tent made by my mosquito net and tossed and turned and had one dream after another . |
| 16 | Rather exasperated , I began to get out and had one foot still on the running board when I heard a woman 's voice call : |
| 17 | and had one foot three sizes larger than the other . |
| 18 | People like Henry , white middle-aged men who lived in Wimbledon and had one daughter , were their idea of what British citizens should be . |
| 19 | He was married and had one child , a son . |
| 20 | He had married sometime in 1837 and had one child . |
| 21 | A married man and his wife who could between them earn 15s ( 75p ) and had one child would , out of work , have received 10s ( 50p ) . |
| 22 | He has been convicted of car crimes 16 times and had one charge pending at the time of our discussions three months ago . |
| 23 | Eric had rolled over and had one hand under his head , the other over his eyes . |
| 24 | She was knitting to cars as one single motif on her Silver Reed but had put the point cams on incorrectly and had one car in the middle and two half cars either side . |
| 25 | He was married and had one son and four daughters . |
| 26 | He was suffering from frequent migraine attacks and had persistent desert sores which refused to heal . |
| 27 | With the needle changed , she cast on , went into pattern and had perfect knitting ! |
| 28 | This was the view expressed by Anne Smith about Bellerby Feast which , like so many other traditions , was tottering on the very brink of extinction in 1985 when it was pulled back and had new life breathed into it . |
| 29 | Forty four ( 93.6% ) of the remaining 47 patients were dilated successfully and had complete relief of dysphagia . |
| 30 | Ben Bellaser was best man , of course , ‘ … and had first kiss of the fair bride I helped to save from the grave ’ . |