Example sentences of "[coord] had [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nicky had ( and for all I know still has ) the reputation of being the best criminal defence lawyer at the Scottish bar and had on several occasions persuaded juries to acquit those whom he had every reason to believe were guilty . |
| 2 | ( 4 ) A solicitor 's employee who would not otherwise qualify under sub-paragraph ( 1 ) ( b ) of this rule to manage an office and who was 50 years of age or more on and had at that date been continuously employed in connection with the practice of that solicitor for not less than 20 years shall , provided he or she exercised the duty of management at that date , be entitled to continue to do so until retiring or attaining the age of 70 years , whichever first happens . |
| 3 | I refused to believe that he chanced to have the same name as the previous tenants of the cottage — unless he himself was the previous tenant , and had for some reason returned to Moila without wanting to be known ? |
| 4 | His infuriated wife , who had learned little of him since his departure , and had in all probability imagined him on a chain gang in some inhospitable region , had since learned that her husband was enjoying a rich existence with the high rollers of Sydney . |
| 5 | Sydney Greenstreet was too old to be taking much of an interest , and had in any case become obsessed with some obscure quest of his own , neglecting his ‘ business ’ . |
| 6 | That statement had been true and had in any case not been made by Moorgate Mercantile , since H.P.I. was not an agent of Moorgate Mercantile for the purpose of making such a statement . |
| 7 | Although projects for the reform of the courts were being drawn up and had in some cases been completed , " the date of their publication can not yet be predicted with any certainty " . |
| 8 | ( The Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic had become a member on April 7 , 1948 , but had for many years maintained only token participation in the organization . ) |