Example sentences of "[verb] it had a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So what they had done it had a big slab there and it had got on it er The World 's Largest Slate Mine , and perhaps you 've seen it yourself they 've rubbed the T off and they put V and somebody 's done a very good job of it er in the same paint and everything . |
| 2 | Edinburgh had practically no textile workers , men or women ; but as we have seen it had a great many domestic servants . |
| 3 | I believe it had a thatched roof and it was such a bonny place , but it has sadly been derelict for years . |
| 4 | When Mrs Chamberlin had gone , hurrying into the gloomy February afternoon , her oatmeal figure bent resolutely against the wind , Alexandra looked round the drawing-room and saw it had an animated , unsettled look , as if the last caller had stirred everything to action , all the silver photograph frames , the vases and pin-cushions , the rugs and cushions and shaded lamps . |
| 5 | Profitable as the business was , the brothers knew it had a limited lifespan . |
| 6 | The Audi that thought it had a clear run had to brake hard … |
| 7 | ‘ It was as much hers as it was Terry 's , I suppose , but the Bank he heisted it from might think it had a prior claim . |
| 8 | Hoare is acting for British Aerospace , which yesterday admitted it had a 1.7 per cent stake . |
| 9 | If whoever bought it had an unsavoury reputation it would n't do much harm to the seagulls or Brent geese . |
| 10 | ‘ I think it had a green cover . |
| 11 | I was naïve enough to think it had a remote chance . |