Example sentences of "[vb past] it had [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of May 1792 the College decided it had no further occasion for the service of Blaine , who had been assisting Vial as demonstrator in anatomy . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Profitable as the business was , the brothers knew it had a limited lifespan . |
| 4 | The Audi that thought it had a clear run had to brake hard … |
| 5 | No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem . |
| 6 | No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem . |
| 7 | Hoare is acting for British Aerospace , which yesterday admitted it had a 1.7 per cent stake . |
| 8 | If whoever bought it had an unsavoury reputation it would n't do much harm to the seagulls or Brent geese . |
| 9 | Cosla complained it had no extra resources to meet the requirement , and suggested the registers would be unworkable , raising complicated questions of liability if land was found to be contaminated . |