Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] it had [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was bloated and heavy , and the men gathered on the deck of the boat to receive it had great difficulty lifting it out of the water .
2 At 770p , Sherwood is now valued at £158.8 million compared with the £10.8 million launch price tag it had six years ago .
3 The dog decides it had better police this family itself , and , next thing you know , it is fastening its jaws on disobedient members of the family , its family .
4 By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy .
5 Speaking in a Belfast safe house a hooded IRA member claimed it had enough explosives and terrorists in place for a major offensive .
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