Example sentences of "it had [vb pp] some [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem in relation to whether the car was new arose because , before the car was delivered to the dealer , it had suffered some damage in a collision in a compound . |
| 2 | Before a prayer had formed itself , a young brown hand covered mine and I looked round to see the turbaned head of the Youngest Son , his face half covered by his head-scarf , his eyes laughing , his whole figure straight against the storm as though he and it had made some truce . |
| 3 | The EMS , founded in 1979 , had not collapsed as had been predicted in many quarters , rather it had achieved some success in stabilising exchange rate fluctuations , and in helping to promote convergence of inflation rates . |
| 4 | It had taken some labour to restore : a gang of builders had spent months ripping down hardboard partitions , taking out gas meters , attempting to rescue old parquet flooring , refitting windows , stripping paint from tiles . |
| 5 | It had taken some time to reach a decision , but eventually they had come across to check their bonds were in place , and then had gone off . |
| 6 | Losing two front teeth , even two false front teeth , at the age of fifty , even if only for a week , had distressed him : he had sat opposite her at the breakfast table with a napkin over his mouth , and she knew that it had taken some courage to go to the board meeting at all . |
| 7 | Speaking at the end of the two days of talks , Mrs Thatcher said it had helped some countries combat inflation . |
| 8 | Speaking at the end of the two days of talks , Mrs Thatcher said it had helped some countries combat inflation . |
| 9 | Technically , it had finished some months before , but there was a lot to do . |
| 10 | This below-par performance was partly reflected in our share price , which fell sharply in the summer , [ though in line with the market it had recovered some ground by the year-end ] If , by Feb 11 , the price is on the way down , omit words in [ ] |