Example sentences of "it [vb past] had [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks to the Dares and the Rossitters , it had had a good start , but all innovations are eyed askance in small villages — and Overclyst was very small indeed . |
| 2 | As he tackled his cold meat loaf and salad , Hank thought he had better show some interest in his father , so he asked the back page of the newspaper if it had had a good trip . |
| 3 | Once it had had a lawn and trees and borders but except for a small area , testament to one chap 's enthusiasm for vegetables , it was , says Mrs Hewer , ‘ quite ungardened ’ . |
| 4 | Athens had been hot and noisy , but it had had a human heart . |
| 5 | The torrent of weeping afterwards left her feeling as weak as any new-born , but it had had a cleansing and calming effect . |
| 6 | It would make the association feel that it had had a better hearing if it saw the Minister face to face rather than pursuing the matter in correspondence . |
| 7 | The existing trade embargo , imposed following the September 1991 military coup [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522-23 ] , had failed to produce concessions , and had apparently provided opportunities for the rich pro-coup elite and sections of the army to profit from widespread smuggling , but there was evidence that it had had a devastating impact on Haiti 's economy . |
| 8 | I had never had him down as a kerb-crawler either , but from the state of the car it looked as if it had had a good kicking . |
| 9 | And the stream … it had had a name once , but she could n't remember it . |
| 10 | Last autumn President Bush said that what was wrong with the Soviet Union was not so much its ideology as the fact that it had had an ideology at all . |
| 11 | However it had had the effect of making her very careful , after her own children were born , about the way she spoke to them . |
| 12 | In the Middle Ages it had had the richest monastery in Britain . |
| 13 | Instead of the sunset raging a fire in them as Fernando had obviously intended , it had had the reverse effect — doused away a good deal of bitterness and left them with a certain sadness . |