Example sentences of "[noun] it had a [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In repose it had a curve of sensuality , contradicting the hard , square jawline , and hinting that , in certain circumstances , it could be persuasive and — exciting ? |
| 2 | In the beginning it had a circulation of two thousand ; by 1930 it was selling nine thousand copies per month at ten cents . |
| 3 | It told magistrates it had a duty to ensure shops complied with the law . |
| 4 | Earlier this century it had a reputation as a treacherous mountain , with lots of accidents on the summit ridge — and it still claims lives . |
| 5 | The " Secret Office " in which this skilled and highly confidential work was done dated back to 1653 and was an unpublicised aspect of the new efficiency which the Cromwellian period brought to much government activity ; by the end of the eighteenth century it had a staff of ten . |
| 6 | Originally the compact had stipulated that the Belau government would provide land for sites selected by the military and would compensate landowners , while the USA would provide $5,500,000 for all the land it had an option on . |
| 7 | Even on the ramp 's first weekend it had a visitor from the States , a Mr Keith Stevenson who is probably better known as Bill Runaway from Thrasher magazine . |
| 8 | Within a short time it had a waiting list and larger premises were acquired in the Old Kent Road . |
| 9 | But this time it had a note of desperation which rendered it almost novel even to those who had heard it so often . |
| 10 | It was revealed also by the R.A.F. that when Leslie 's plane left Fairford at 23.20 hours on 17 June it had a glider in tow . |