Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] and had [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had done a reasonable amount of pilot work , firing for some of the older shunt link drivers and had also fired on the local ‘ pick-up ’ , but this at last was the real thing . |
| 2 | Guzmán 's lawyer Alfredo Crespo , president of the Association of Democratic Lawyers ( AAD ) , described the 10-day trial as a " complete farce " since he was not able to call defence witnesses and had only two 10-minute meetings with his client . |
| 3 | A general strike of civil servants on May 4-10 had been supported by teachers , state agricultural workers and hospital workers and had reportedly closed 50 per cent of government offices . |
| 4 | These seven authorities had constantly exceeded government expenditure targets and had frequently engaged in ‘ socialist ’ policies which hardly endeared them to the Thatcher government . |
| 5 | Despite the support of parents , of fellow teachers , of priests and even of two hon. Members , one from each side of the House , that teacher was refused a hearing before the school governors and had too short a period of service to seek the support of an industrial tribunal . |