Example sentences of "[vb past] it had [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The round-up took two weeks and the army found it had to move 232 elephants . |
2 | He admitted fondling his ex-girlfriend 's daughter , but Social services assumed it had accurred 5 years before and his own children were n't in danger . |
3 | A FRESH row brewed last night over the contentious Channel Tunnel rail link through the south-east of England after the Labour Party claimed it had obtained full details of the route . |
4 | Transport costs cut into that favourable balance ; the Company reckoned it had to sell Indian cotton textiles at 2½ to 3 times their Indian price to cover costs , and dividends were not normally above 7 or 8 per cent a year . |
5 | Recently the National Trust announced it had bought large areas of the Mournes , including Binnian and Donard , so with good management , facilities and access might improve without the area losing its appeal . |
6 | The army denied it had attacked civilian targets , but Sarajevo television showed several homes damaged by rockets in the village of Siroki Breg . |
7 | British Telecom said it had redirected 300 numbers by last night . |
8 | Ms Kennedy , who is writing a book on women in the criminal justice system , said it had become common practice in rape trials to employ women lawyers for the defence . |
9 | Last week Shepherd Neame said it had leased 60 pubs . |
10 | Kent brewer Shepherd Neame said it had leased 60 Whitbread pubs in the south-east of England . |
11 | American Express , which has put a ‘ fraud alert ’ warning on its April statements , said it had refunded all complainants in full . |
12 | American Express , which has put a ‘ fraud alert ’ warning on its April statements , said it had refunded all complainants in full . |
13 | In its report , the pollution inspectorate said it had received 80,000 responses — 77 per cent of which opposed approval of the plant — but found " no points of substance " to cause it to reconsider the terms of its draft licence for the plant . |
14 | Speaking at the end of the two days of talks , Mrs Thatcher said it had helped some countries combat inflation . |
15 | Speaking at the end of the two days of talks , Mrs Thatcher said it had helped some countries combat inflation . |
16 | But yesterday Forum rejected the criticism and said it had put seven names to Mr Adamec for the cabinet posts . |
17 | It said it had sold 38,000 NT developers ' kits to date . |
18 | I said it had to come one day , did n't I ? ’ |
19 | He wished it had happened that way . |