Example sentences of "it had all " in BNC.

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1 It had all the facilities needed by the three Services and there were as yet few worries about security of tenure .
2 It had all the things one likes about art galleries .
3 The arena was almost full and it had all the makings of a full scale rumble .
4 It had all the rugged grandeur of the sea-girt castle of a medieval Danish warrior-king .
5 It was only a monosyllable , but it had all of ninety kilos behind it .
6 It had all the greens and blues and purples of the old country but more so and the sun undoubtedly shone brighter below the Equator .
7 It had all the characteristics of the Chapman style — swift , direct , efficient .
8 It had all the required characteristics of a living being and Lovelock concluded that this indeed was what it was .
9 And far from being luxurious , it had all the style and panache of a Formica worktop .
10 Then three-quarters of Rokeya 's olive-shaded face appeared bearing the same expression of suffering as it had all the years Lee had known her , relieved only by the same amethyst earrings and necklace of variegated amethyst chunks .
11 Not that it had all its own way .
12 What Lorentz liked about this dramatization of the notorious Düsseldorf sex murderer was that it had all the feel of a newsreel for ‘ there is no acting in the picture … .
13 He had witnessed the girl 's suffering and had analysed the fluid brought up from the stomach — it had all the appearances of urine — colour , taste , smell and consistency .
14 The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow .
15 Montague managed to convince Mortimer of his innocence , but his narrow escape did not discourage the king , and when the coup came it had all the appearance of being carefully planned .
16 It had all the qualities of a detailed Victorian painting of Scottish highlands .
17 But otherwise it had all the ingredients of the detective novel , down to a theme , the passion for justice .
18 It had all the best things about being at school , like the chumminess , but there were no standards to keep to .
19 The bedding which I observed at first hand in 1954 in the peasant community of Pul Eliya was nothing like as grand as the stereotype ; but , apart from some minor differences , it had all the same elements and for the most part they occurred in just the same sequence .
20 It had all the signs of being the backstage entrance to the building .
21 And if this was nothing more , at least it had all the trappings of a glamorous evening .
22 It had all been washed out .
23 Certainly , it had all the makings of a cinematic success : a superb international cast in the roles of cheating , lying slaves , beautiful handmaidens and courtesans , broad-shouldered , not-too-bright soldiers , henpecked husbands , domineering wives , long-lost children and vestal virgins , involved in love and death scenes , processions , chases and a slave market .
24 But it had all the signs of a sectarian killing .
25 It had all the stress indicators , i enlarged pupils , fluffed tail , I saw , I saw
26 And then Mr then erm dismissed my concerns for affordable supply in that it had all been said before .
27 It had all the colour and pagaentry of the Royal Show , seen each year at the same venue .
28 It had all the hallmarks of the IRA … a high-explosive device planted on a metal service bridge at Dorton , over the Chiltern line between Banbury and London Marylebone .
29 Shady Marcus at last exposed the soap 's Mr Big but it had all the dramatic impact of one of those dated Ealing comedies where George Cole plays a gangster as threatening as a game show host .
30 I mean it had all , it had gone !
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