Example sentences of "[adv] it had [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could n't care less what he had been up to , but quite suddenly it had become imperative that she steer the conversation away from herself and divert the interest he was showing in her . |
| 2 | Perhaps it had grown fatter since she had last stroked it . |
| 3 | Lisa took a deep breath , crossing her fingers — perhaps it had sounded worse than it was ! — and forced her eyes to slide round towards the Bentley . |
| 4 | So it had seemed better all round that they should go . |
| 5 | So it had seemed sensible for Ross to have his old bedroom , while she 'd been far too weary to care where she slept . |
| 6 | If its policy seemed more or less radical at different times it was n't necessarily changing its view of land reform , but it was keeping its final goal of socialism in sight so it had to make short term expediencies . |
| 7 | Erm so it had to have all the lighting , official lighting for the continent and so on and so forth . |
| 8 | Soon it had become one of the main topics of conversation . |
| 9 | Already it had made great play of how it had saved certain famous churches from its own bulldozers by moving them out of the path of destruction . |
| 10 | Meanwhile it had become apparent that similar flooding had occurred at Cushendall where the Red Bay inshore lifeboat is stationed and all the crew assembled at the lifeboat station . |
| 11 | West Country pubs group J A Devenish said yesterday it had leased 115 pubs from Whitbread for eight years . |
| 12 | A MAN who successfully traced a forces pal through the columns of The Northern Echo said yesterday it had brought bad news . |
| 13 | But , as Mrs Shand Kydd has stated : ‘ It was my last Christmas there for by now it had become apparent that the marriage had completely broken down . ’ |
| 14 | By now it had become clear that the way to approach the show would be to do the linking material as near to Joyce 's as I could , but to do the sketches very much more as I would approach them as an actress . |
| 15 | So if for example a dishonest car dealer said bargain , thirty thousand miles only , when really it had done ninety thousand miles then that would be a criminal offence under the Trade Descriptions Act . |
| 16 | The EMS , founded in 1979 , had not collapsed as had been predicted in many quarters , rather it had achieved some success in stabilising exchange rate fluctuations , and in helping to promote convergence of inflation rates . |
| 17 | Already it had made great play of how it had saved certain famous churches from its own bulldozers by moving them out of the path of destruction . |
| 18 | It was becoming difficult to remember how it had looked fifteen months ago , before Amy and Timmy had entered his life ; the homemade shelves of orange boxes ranged against the wall which had held his books , the two mugs , two plates and one soup bowl , which had been adequate for his needs , neatly stacked in the cupboard , the excessive cleanliness of the small kitchen and lavatory , his bed smooth under the coverlet of knitted woollen squares , the single hanging cupboard which had been sufficient for his meagre wardrobe , his other possessions boxed and tidily stowed in the chest under the seat . |
| 19 | The IRA said earlier it had issued two telephone warnings giving the exact location of the bombs . |
| 20 | Sitting in the rear , maybe it had felt worse , but I 'd been petrified . |
| 21 | Maybe it had got used to it ; maybe it had got used to its sore nose , too . |
| 22 | Maybe it had got used to it ; maybe it had got used to its sore nose , too . |
| 23 | Maybe , thought Jaq , that was where the Callidus experiment had come unstuck … if indeed it had come unstuck . |
| 24 | It occurred to him , as indeed it had occurred many times before , that commitment to one woman had as its inevitable corollary a lack of commitment to all the others . |
| 25 | It was liquidated in 1864 when it had become evident that the peasantry would not mount an immediate challenge to the Emancipation terms . |
| 26 | The plate from which he had eaten his hamburgers and frozen green beans , which had been last night 's supper , still unrinsed in the sink ; the splatter of grease marks above the ancient gas stove ; the viscous mess of grime gumming the narrow gap between stove and cupboard ; the soiled and smelly teacloth hanging from its hook at the side of the sink ; last year 's calendar askew on its nail ; the two open shelves jammed with a conglomeration of half-used cereal packets , jars of stale jam , cracked mugs , packets of detergent ; the cheap , unstable table with its two chairs , their backs grubby from numerous clutching hands ; the linoleum curving at the wall where it had become unstuck ; the general air of discomfort , uncaring , negligence , dirt . |
| 27 | Whereas previously it had sanctioned minimal provision for all paupers , since the 1870s it had insisted upon strict application of the principles of 1834 in the selection of paupers , and restriction of their numbers wherever possible , while at the same time insisting on relief ‘ adequate to meet need ’ in all cases . |
| 28 | The effect of restricting the offence to reckless driving , a restriction which was enacted in 1977 ( previously it had included dangerous driving , a less demanding standard ) , has been that relatively few convictions for this offence are obtained . |
| 29 | In military terms the imperial era came to an end when the last British troops were withdrawn from East of Suez in 1972 , but politically it had ended sixteen years earlier at Suez . |