Example sentences of "and [art] [noun sg] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bus driver had given chase , had managed to signal to a police car and the chase had gone on through Kirkintilloch and Milton of Campsie before Cook lost control in Birdston Road . |
| 2 | This was in early 1989 ; by the end of the year , after the pilot had been made and the EBU had given the enterprise the go-ahead , Ms Cann entered into negotiations with BBC Enterprises , responsible for distributing the series and for the merchandising rights . |
| 3 | The stopper was missing and the brandy had trickled out to soak into the sisal matting which covered the floor . |
| 4 | The cost of the charter to Aru had long since been settled : Yong would pay them half the sum now , and his relations would pay the balance once we and the cargo had safely reached Aru . |
| 5 | This study showed that the anticipation and the worry had as much effect as the actual admission procedure . |
| 6 | Clothes lay on the floor and the bed had n't been made . |
| 7 | Most of the musicians were black and the music had changed and really had an R&B flavour . |
| 8 | It was only when I was actually up there and the music had stopped , and I found myself looking down at a hundred or so expectant faces , that I remembered the magnitude of the task in front of me . |
| 9 | The architects plans were , however , more ambitious than originally foreseen and the cost had more than doubled ! |
| 10 | And I saw that the shed window had been boarded over with some plywood , and the board had a number beneath which was the signature ‘ Popova ’ . |
| 11 | No matter how hard she tried to make the most of herself Sally had always been aware that she could not hope to rival Paula and the knowledge had damaged her self-confidence so that she always lived with the feeling that people on meeting her for the first time would exclaim behind after back : ‘ Paula 's sister ? |
| 12 | The policeman and the girl had come on an ordinary routine visit . |
| 13 | She had given Nina all her cash , and the girl had thrown it at Clive . |
| 14 | The skin was so beautiful to touch and the girl had such a beautiful face . |
| 15 | And the girl had to know . |
| 16 | He ran about the library shouting and shaking his fists at the shelves and the Headmaster had to send for Matron to calm him down . |
| 17 | Mr Crangle was almost thrown into the sea with them and the Headmaster had shouted at him so loudly he was deaf for a week . |
| 18 | Since the Bookman 's capture , nobody had paid much attention to any of his ideas and the Headmaster had taken over all his plans . |
| 19 | And the headmaster had a disconcerting habit of offering jobs to people he met at dinner parties . |
| 20 | Inexplicably , two compulsory first-year lectures had been scheduled for the same day and time , and the error had only just been noticed . |
| 21 | And the inside had no pictures at all , still does n't , drawings like , you now , Le Monde , or . |
| 22 | So much so that she was not left alone with him , but that afternoon the mother had had to go shopping and the child had returned from a swimming session in the baths and had been alone with the man . |
| 23 | He was totally obsessed with that dreadful little boy Grégoire — he even brought him to tea here , you know , and the child had no manners at all , he broke one of the Sèvres cups — Edouard said he was nervous … |
| 24 | This was geared to helping him to behave likewise with a failing pupil , so that both he and the child had less need to make others feel useless . |
| 25 | One sample in seven contained residues in 1986 and the level had fallen to one sample in 20 in the first eight months of this year . |
| 26 | The miners used rock drills and compressed air to drive through hard rock and the level had a hydraulic engine , worked by water from the dam at Sun Hush , which had such a head of water that it developed up to fifty horsepower and worked both the water pumps to drain the deep levels and the winding gear . |
| 27 | Sally-Anne had been christened ‘ An American Princess ’ soon after her arrival in London , and the name had stuck . |
| 28 | " The gentlemen who sat on the bench were more or less connected with the shipping trade , and the law had been somewhat strained to obtain the conviction " . |
| 29 | Richard was taken to Stratford-upon-Avon for a week where they saw Marlowe 's Dr Faustus and the ex-schoolteacher had his ward up in the morning in the hotel gardens to study and learn by heart the great speeches . |
| 30 | The factory 's Solidarity union leader Janusz Sciskalsi said that management and the ministry had ignored warnings about the condition of the business . |