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

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1 The romance lasted for only two months but it had amusing , melodramatic aspects .
2 On the same day that he received Palmerston 's letter , he replied that he had not intended to say that Gothic was re-established as the leading English architecture of the day , but rather its history and origin made a strong case for its revival in those countries where it had first flourished .
3 The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow .
4 All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably .
5 All the leading cars traded places briefly during a flurry of pit-stops but it had little effect on Prost who was able to pull clear and win comfortably .
6 It was adjacent to Saint Cloud , but it was of manageable proportions and it had great romantic charm .
7 It was the first contact between the LDP and the North Korean government , and marked a significant shift in policy by the latter communist regime , which had hitherto rejected overtures from the Japanese government on the grounds that it had diplomatic relations with South Korea .
8 While criticized by many on the grounds that it had few ‘ teeth ’ and represented a compromise between the DoE and all other departments ( notably those of Agriculture and of Transport ) , it was none the less a major achievement .
9 And it was all new fences and it had all been it had been .
10 so , I mean , one school turned out to be an old factory and it was of six floors and it had one of these like industrial lifts , you know , the open caged lifts
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