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

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1 ‘ I expect it had some help , then , ’ said Dorcas .
2 THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success .
3 By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy .
4 Perhaps the court would have accepted it had that stipulation been explicit .
5 Speaking in a Belfast safe house a hooded IRA member claimed it had enough explosives and terrorists in place for a major offensive .
6 The magazine , Politis , claimed it had more evidence after the French Environment Ministry dismissed the report but adding that it was dangerous to dig in the recently closed dump because it ‘ would be like opening a tomb ’ .
7 At the thought that I could ever have imagined it had any value .
8 I mean it had that sort of look to it .
9 Earlier another Bond director Mr Tony Oates said the corporation vigorously denied it had any knowledge of the alleged phone-bugging operation .
10 McKinsey said it had several programmes in place to build the information technology capability of its consulting staff , and Information Consulting could accelerate the process .
11 Also , although he would have denied it had any influence at all , Ketura had told him Jeopardy used that court , and that he always practised early .
12 Would you say it had enough bottle age ?
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