Example sentences of "it had [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had appeared for a while that Coronation Street 's rival EastEnders , boosted by a weekend omnibus , would oust it from top spot in the ratings . |
| 2 | It had rained for a fortnight when he , his wife and two children took up residence in the 12 room Ben Alder Lodge . |
| 3 | It had functioned as a workshop throughout , in contrast with the other two which remained entirely agricultural . |
| 4 | There was a dawdle in its pace , and there had been times when it had halted completely , other times when it had slowed to a crawl . |
| 5 | The Ombudsman found that the DTI committed errors in its advice to Barlow Clowes back in 1976 and if it had applied for a licence then it would not have been granted one . |
| 6 | The Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania ( HDUR ) held no post , as it had stipulated as a condition the creation of a Ministry for National Minorities . |
| 7 | In 1950 , the index ranged from 36 for Guatemala to 77 for Argentina , but by the mid 1970s , it had risen to a range of 43 for Bolivia and 90 for Puerto Rico ( Felix 1983 ) . |
| 8 | The first indeed had presented itself as no more than vivid memory , though — if she were honest with herself — she would admit it had arisen from a kind of fear . |
| 9 | It had served as a community arts centre which ended in a dreadful financial muddle , with an unsavoury reputation among the town 's staider citizens , and a very popular bar which managed to lose money . |
| 10 | It had felt like a game of hide-and-seek , and Shiona , though at times she had been terrified of losing him , had thoroughly enjoyed the drive . |
| 11 | Furnas insisted that the most recent stoppage was for routine maintenance until Greenpeace made public information about the incident that it had received from a worker at the plant , later confirmed by the Brazilian nuclear energy commission . |
| 12 | Somehow — God knows why or how — it had turned into a victory for Mrs Goreng . |
| 13 | Ruth had already decided to bring her own children to be photographed today , and then approached all her friends with young families , suggesting they might like to do the same — so it had turned into a children 's party . |
| 14 | What no one told the audience was that although the band 's instruments were apparently all wired up for sound , Shakatak was actually miming to a tape it had recorded in a Shepperton studio the night before . |
| 15 | Headhunting in Britain was imposed — seeming alien at first — in the search for remedies for Britain 's national corporate ills ; in America it had burgeoned at a time of growth and prosperity . |
| 16 | By the time Bernice and her colleagues had arrived , it had degenerated into a series of unconnected fragments which drifted apart over thousands of years , gradually leaking their atmospheres into the vacuum . |
| 17 | It had stepped into a strand of light which played off the darkening face but caught the remnants of the leafy green which swathed the skull , the shoulders and the upper torso . |
| 18 | The body was thrown off on to the track and the investigators with the exception of Sherlock Holmes were deceived into believing it had fallen from a carriage . |
| 19 | Defending the move , the Energy Minister , Steve Tashjian , said that it was the only way open to Armenia to regain the generating power it had lost as a result of the energy blockade by neighbouring Azerbaijan and the disruption of gas supplies from Georgia because of fighting . |
| 20 | In the wake of the 1848 revolutions St Petersburg appeared to have acquired a larger say in the affairs of central Europe than it had possessed for a generation . |
| 21 | The league said it would not send cats to Coundon as it had heard of a case of a kitten being used as live bait for dogs . |
| 22 | But it had become like a hunger : his whole being seemed empty when he was out of her presence . |
| 23 | The day ended as it had begun with a win for Carl Fogarty , with Robert Dunlop getting his hat-trick , and Jim Moodie , making it only three winners for the seven races . |
| 24 | As it turned out it had landed in a position that could n't have been more perfect for what was to happen next . |
| 25 | Although it had come as a shock , for he had never made it his business to enquire into the ramifications of his family , he had found a morbid humour in the situation . |
| 26 | And so it had started ; and now it had come to a head . |
| 27 | And she also reminded herself that even if it had included a kiss it did n't mean a thing — especially as it had come from a man who was living in the outback to get away from women . |
| 28 | It had come from a chateau outside Paris , as had some of the other beauties . |
| 29 | He said it had smelt like a bar parlour . |
| 30 | The horse was almost upon her and she shut her eyes , the better to see when it had reined to a halt . |