Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] and had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tennis equipment specialists , Head , had brought some racquets and accessories along and had also set up a ‘ speed-gun ’ to record service speeds . |
| 2 | He began to explore the possibility of borrowing from East Berlin five years ago and had already secured an agreement from the authorities in charge of Potsdam , and from the Stiftung Preußischer Kulturbesitz in West Berlin which normally never lends . |
| 3 | He had been an unsuccessful amateur jockey some fifteen years ago and had then been assistant to a leading jump trainer in Lambourn . |
| 4 | She had slimmed down to 10st 7lbs ( 66.7kg ) for her wedding eight years earlier and had gradually gained weight since . |
| 5 | When he was second to Big Ben , he was two seconds faster and had only one fence down . |