Example sentences of "it [vb past] have [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main opposition group , the National League for Democracy , said it expected to have an absolute majority when the final results are compiled in about three weeks . |
| 2 | And his kiss when it came had a new depth and intensity born of the freedom they had both found during the past moments . |
| 3 | Another similar adjective is platonic which equally clearly must have been used associatively , to mean having a link with Plato ( as indeed it still does in one of its senses ) before it came to have an ascriptive value roughly equivalent to chaste . |
| 4 | It seemed to have a good deal going for it . |
| 5 | Heading south and with part of it reportedly burning , it threatened to have a devastating effect on the marine environment of the northern Gulf , which was particularly vulnerable as a shallow , largely closed area of water with little natural turbulence or tidal flushing . |
| 6 | There was a frequently reiterated belief that for Tanganyika to be understood properly in the international community it needed to have a strong English language press in which TANU policies would be stated clearly . |
| 7 | This book provided a fundamental basis for the conservation movement ( Mumford , 1931 ) , it proved to have a great influence upon the way in which land was visualized and used ( Lowenthal , 1965 ) , and its full title Man and Nature or Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action clearly indicates the direction in which it was pointing . |
| 8 | The hemi-epiphytic Ficus microcarpa of Malesia has a caruncle around the fruit inside the syconium ; when it is removed , the fruit is less likely to be ant-transported and those with it removed had a higher germination rate . |
| 9 | Granted this helped the swelling of the coffers of the tobacco company that was the sponsor , but it did have a tremendous evangelical effect for the game , proselytising many . |
| 10 | It did have a central theme to it , but we 're taking more time over the next one . |
| 11 | Its bed and furniture were entirely homely , however , and perhaps not as dainty as the elegant young French lady might like , but it did have a nice view of the hustle and bustle of Newington Butts , and Mrs Beavis always reckoned that if you could see life going on from your window , you could n't grumble too much about not having dainty furniture . |
| 12 | Of course , this strategy had a distinct disadvantage in that each time I moved towards the light to serve the gentlemen , my advancing footsteps would echo long and loud before I reached the table , drawing attention to my impending arrival in the most ostentatious manner ; but it did have the great merit of making my person only partially visible while I remained stationary . |
| 13 | But it did have an elegant shopping precinct , the first of its kind , and a city centre flanked by the grandeur of its old and new cathedrals . |
| 14 | The settlement connects with other forms of extension in that it did have an educational aim , but , like Oxford House ( another settlement or " mission " set up in the East End in 1884 ) , it usefully illustrates new initiatives for the renewal of forms of leadership and patterns for social administration upon which the elevation of English largely depended , Barnett saw Toynbee Hall as the potential centre for an east London university ; in fact it became , as did the other settlements and extension classes , a centre for members of the middle class . |
| 15 | It appeared to have an irresistible momentum for growth demanded by its one million employees and supported by public opinion . |
| 16 | But you think it had had a good kicking or something , would n't you ? |
| 17 | Now when it had had a general repair on it , there was a little plate put on it and er then i it w it was supposed to go out again for three years . |
| 18 | I always looked for the sounds ; whether it was musically correct or not did n't bother me , but it had to have a certain sound to it . ’ |
| 19 | All the , the unlimitable supply of God 's grace could not save you or me by itself it had to have the other side , it had to have faith , I have to receive it . |
| 20 | The existing trade embargo , imposed following the September 1991 military coup [ see pp. 38430 ; 38522-23 ] , had failed to produce concessions , and had apparently provided opportunities for the rich pro-coup elite and sections of the army to profit from widespread smuggling , but there was evidence that it had had a devastating impact on Haiti 's economy . |
| 21 | Thanks to the Dares and the Rossitters , it had had a good start , but all innovations are eyed askance in small villages — and Overclyst was very small indeed . |
| 22 | As he tackled his cold meat loaf and salad , Hank thought he had better show some interest in his father , so he asked the back page of the newspaper if it had had a good trip . |
| 23 | I had never had him down as a kerb-crawler either , but from the state of the car it looked as if it had had a good kicking . |
| 24 | It would make the association feel that it had had a better hearing if it saw the Minister face to face rather than pursuing the matter in correspondence . |
| 25 | Athens had been hot and noisy , but it had had a human heart . |
| 26 | Instead of the sunset raging a fire in them as Fernando had obviously intended , it had had the reverse effect — doused away a good deal of bitterness and left them with a certain sadness . |
| 27 | In the Middle Ages it had had the richest monastery in Britain . |