Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] it had [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I thought for two days that the machine had swallowed it and it was only on the monday morning on the way to the bank that I found that it had miraculousloy reappeared in my wallet again .
2 I forget whether it had wings on it or not .
3 The Board 's determination would , said the court , be accepted if it had warrant in the record and a reasonable basis in law .
4 The shareholders of the holding company entered into a shareholders ' agreement which stated that it had precedence over the Articles of Association , and clause 3 of that agreement provided that " no further share capital shall be created or issued in the company … without the written consent of each of the parties hereto " .
5 In the United States the Supreme Court , in Marbury v Madison ( 1803 ) 1 Cranch 137 , declared that it had power to decide whether or not the Acts of Congress conformed with the Constitution .
6 And eventually you 'd notice that it had petals around the horizon .
7 She did not add that it had blood on it , although she knew that too , having just read the forensic report .
8 Amnesty said that it had evidence of children being detained , either on suspicion of illegal political activities , or with their fathers , some of whom were serving heavy sentences for their alleged involvement in the attempted coup of 1981 [ see pp. 31353-54 ; 31563 ] .
9 But London Ambulance Service categorically denied that it had plans to cut off phone lines , saying that it had only authorised one disconnection at Park Royal Ambulance Station , West London , because crews had locked themselves in .
10 Thomas got up at last from his new place in the middle of the table , which he had quite liked because it had leg access to a rung where he could wriggle his feet when he was bored .
11 In a later phase in the same litigation , the Court of Appeal held that it had jurisdiction in appropriate cases to order the transfer of assets subject to a Mareva injunction from one foreign country to another , enforcement considerations being especially relevant .
12 The Divisional Court held that it had jurisdiction to review the visitor 's decision and that the visitor 's decision was wrong in law .
13 The majority of the Court of Appeal held that it had jurisdiction to quash the judge 's order .
14 If the costs were lower than before , so too were the risks : the police force was well informed because it had members who were also members of the local lineages ; and it was ready to intervene to prevent escalation of disputes into further bloodshed .
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