Example sentences of "[v-ing] and had [adv] " in BNC.

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1 Their day , however , had not been that good ; they had put in many hours of searching and had only made two finds of any note .
2 A spokesman for Upjohn said that the writs were the result of allegations that the company was lying and had deliberately withheld information about Halcion from the authorities .
3 Since the prohibition order was made , he had undertaken a stringent cleaning routine every night after closing and had also successfully completed a hygiene course on the advice of Sefton Council 's own public health experts .
4 The State Law and Order Restoration Council ( SLORC ) , the country 's ruling military junta , had prevented the Assembly from convening and had subsequently frustrated attempts by the NLD to establish a government .
5 I was trying to get Mutt to finish up because we were all leaving and had only four or five hours to finish the demo .
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