Example sentences of "[noun] and had [vb pp] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 2 | ( c ) Independent contractors Section 2(4) ( b ) states : Where damage is caused to a visitor by a danger due to the faulty execution of any work of construction , maintenance or repair by an independent contractor employed by the occupier , the occupier is not to be treated without more as answerable for the danger if in all the circumstances he had acted reasonably in entrusting the work to an independent contractor and had taken such steps ( if any ) as he reasonably ought in order to satisfy himself that the contractor was competent and that the work had been properly done . |
| 3 | The results of the survey were published in the spring of 1988 : the views expressed in it naturally reflected the fact that the Action Plan 's implementation had been done at almost breakneck speed and had required much effort on the part of FE lecturers . |
| 4 | Her colleagues included a Roman Catholic principal of a teacher 's college , an Anglican and a man who was starting a united mission teacher 's college and had written several books on teacher training . |
| 5 | In announcing the large fines for conspiracy to steal , Judge Brooks said he had listened to the account given to the court of the information given to the police by both defendants about how they had committed the fraud and had put some of the proceeds in foreign bank accounts . |
| 6 | Jo and Ryan had been dating for six months and had progressed some way beyond parking now . |
| 7 | One of Tony 's friends , Robin Whiteford , had been fishing in Sutherland and had caught some nice fish , including salmon and sea-trout . |
| 8 | One day , on his way to do the ploughing , he met a man who 'd just come back from the south and had passed several flocks of sheep on the other side of Chhakuri Lekh . |
| 9 | He was a very keen and accomplished sportsman and had skied several times before . |
| 10 | Mr. Mallory is a consultant in electronics and audio visual equipment and had made some of the slide changing and fading equipment himself . |
| 11 | He hoped fervently that they would go back to Florence and had dropped several hints in the hope of getting this information out of them , but the Captain was always concentrating on the job in hand as if nothing else mattered and the magistrate only smiled and nodded distractedly , his mind apparently elsewhere . |
| 12 | He never helped or joined in any of the village activities and had ignored all the signs that a war was approaching . |
| 13 | It had continually opposed socio-political change and had had little understanding of the industrialization process up to that time . |
| 14 | ACET 's local representative , Ana Ureche , reported that she was ‘ greatly encouraged ’ that course participants had been lecturing to schools and other groups and had passed much of the literature obtained form the course to other colleagues for their use . |
| 15 | The parents of small families knew much more about sex , contraception , and family building and had talked much more about them before marriage . |
| 16 | The doors of the bar opened behind them and they went in to order hot chocolate from the rather older part-time student who had learned the advisability of doing something to earn a little money and had taken several jobs as a waitress . |
| 17 | Some young men , who had only experienced farming and had had little opportunity to further their education or develop wider skills , showed some bitterness and frustration . |
| 18 | This was no new departure : Charles I had wanted a strong navy , though his reliance on unparliamentary taxation to pay for it had led to trouble ; the Republic had gone further afield than previous governments and had won some notable successes ; and Charles II and his brother James had tried to build up a strong navy without becoming too caught up by the House of Commons and its desire to control policy by controlling finance . |
| 19 | I had been at Bourn for two years and had seen many people come and go , but if I had had a choice I would not have chosen to go to Group Headquarters . |
| 20 | He had served the congregation as Society Steward for over 30 years and had held many other offices as well . |
| 21 | I had been out for many hours that day and had covered many miles of jungle with unflagging caution , but without one moment , s unease , and then , on cresting the ridge , and coming in sight of the rocks , I knew they held danger for me , and this knowledge was confirmed a few minutes later by the kakar 's warning call to the jungle folk , and by my finding the man-eater 's pug marks superimposed on my footprints . |
| 22 | Prior to its involvement in the ESSE/L Project , School G had already developed its library resources and had nurtured some significant resource-assisted curriculum initiatives . |
| 23 | One general problem was that the very number of international organisations had divided the democracies and had created several different Western Europes . |
| 24 | The architect had sited the house on the slope of a hill commanding a great variety of scenery and had given each bedroom its own special view . |
| 25 | He telephoned Jean , who already knew the news and had cancelled several of his local appointments , including the one with Chief Inspector Salter who had been ‘ so anxious to see him ’ and who was probably even more anxious now , and told her he was preparing to leave for London and his meeting . |
| 26 | Yet , despite being Britain 's only world championship claimant at that time , he was relatively unknown outside boxing circles and had boxed most of his important contests outside the UK , winning the European title in 1976 in Rome , then drawing in his first world title attempt in Berlin in 1977 , before finally taking the title in San Remo . |
| 27 | He could sense that she had travelled far as a vagrant and had seen much and that like him she was in some way returning home . |
| 28 | By the end of the month his position in the polls showed that he remained ahead of his Democratic rivals and had recovered some of the ground lost during the early phase of the scandal . |
| 29 | Near the stairhead she met Phil , who was emerging from a game of cards in one of the single rooms and had missed all the theatricals . |
| 30 | He was reputed to have a lightning start and had had some close races with Allan Wells . |