Example sentences of "it [vb past] to have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She watched it with mild curiosity ; it seemed to have a life of its own .
2 It seemed to have a life of its own as the needle ate up the cloth .
3 This term always had this broader sense until , in the mid-nineteenth century , it began to have a capital M and a personified sense restricted to the episcopate , or more often just the papacy , as holders of teaching authority ( see Congar , 1976 ; Hill , 1988 , pp. 75–88 ) .
4 Following on this discussion , the shop decided that it needed to have a policy on career development and it was suggested that ACTS and Staff Council should produce a joint paper. ; A group is to be formed to look at the paper with Sarah Hughes , Bridget Middleton and Peter West in consultation with colleagues ; they will consult with Staff Council concerning a joint paper .
5 Not knowing what it meant to have a past , he did n't miss it .
6 It appeared to have a road running to within a few kilometres .
7 So it had to have a structure .
8 It had to have a break in it somewhere , but it too should n't be obvious from the outside .
9 I said women should have a choice : the hospital said it had to have a policy . ’
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