Example sentences of "[adj] and had [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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1 | He 'd become self-conscious and had challenged her . |
2 | If his father had n't been so bloody-minded and had let him use the family car , he would no doubt have gone down alone and come back next day , having called on some estate agent in Hadleigh or Sudbury and asked them to sell the house for him , the very one probably that he had gone to in the following year . |
3 | This was important to her as she was self-supporting and had found it tough going in the last two years . |
4 | The CMHTs and SPOs operated without the benefit of a clear service philosophy for too long and had to invent it as they went along . |
5 | He had never had anything to do with Bri and me , but the Yanks said he was very smarmy and had told them he was Iranian . |
6 | But nature was cunning and had kept her trapped . |