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

  Next page
No Sentence
1 You were asked to phone in , so , erm , so our phone was out of order , so I had a phone card and it had four units on it .
2 Outside , the Chelsea Pensioner pub would have have been doing good business if it had any drinks to sell , but it was purely decorative ; part of garden by Hereford Wyevale Garden Centre called the outer sanctum which won a silver-gilt medal .
3 Following this decree , a meeting of representatives of 130 opposition parties said that they would not participate in the conference unless it had sovereign powers .
4 The NMA argued from the outset for a negotiated settlement , in part because of a fear that intransigence might lead to total defeat and in part because it had little money with which to fight the strike following the run-down of its funds during the 1921 lockout .
5 When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access .
6 By asking for the supplier 's commitment at this early stage , Pearl wanted a quality assurance check and formal assurance that it had realistic expectations .
7 No reed was to be mown for thatch before it had two years ' growth .
8 A local authority would be expected to offer these services before seeking an order unless it had clear evidence that the parents would be unwilling or incapable of making use of them .
9 Cedars , he told them , was a special school because it had special teachers with special skills and training .
10 The district benefited from the fact that it had comparative information on performance from a large range of providers which enabled them to take a more detached view of the strengths and weaknesses of its own unit , even though it also increased the complexity of contracting .
  Next page