Example sentences of "[noun sg] it had [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All in all , it was a fitting country seat for a magnate ; even before the rebuilding it had needed 160 servants to run the house and grounds . |
| 2 | That it was signed by a partner called Hugh Jarse would lead the wary to conclude that the CV Society was as adept at pinching stationery as at extracting money out of fun-loving freshers : after only an hour it had sold four presidencies , six other posts and had about 40 names on a list headed ‘ I 'm interested in your society but do n't want to cough up any money at the moment ’ . |
| 3 | By midweek it had killed 115 Peruvians in six weeks . |
| 4 | By the end of the century it had sold 1,250,000 copies and unlike Allon 's own collection of hymns , it had been an official publication , part of the growth in musical taste and improved choirs . |
| 5 | By the end of September that year it had sold 100,000 copies . |
| 6 | Ken talked a lot about suicide , but in Orton 's company it had to have sexual connotations , as though he were constantly — and whatever the subject of his conversations — having to keep up with the Joneses , in this case Orton and his assorted friends if not specifically Orton and Halliwell . |
| 7 | Though the commission could buy by agreement it had to have effective powers of compulsory purchase if it was ‘ to ensure that the right land is made available at the right time ’ . |
| 8 | At that time it had commanded fine views : south all the way to the river ; north and west over the lush pastures of the region towards the tiny village of Hampstead . |