Example sentences of "it have [verb] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | A spokesman said : ‘ It has become virtually a one-man book , with almost all the bets on the mighty Quinn . |
| 2 | I know several inspectors who have refused a college scholarship , arguing that the time spent away from the force was time spent in structural limbo , and it has become almost a common adage that time away is time lost in ‘ the promotion stakes ’ . |
| 3 | The anthropological fieldworker who eventually returns to the social setting of his homeland usually finds that it has become quite a different place . |
| 4 | I believe that I will always remember it , even though it was quite a few years ago and even though it has recurred quite a few times since . |
| 5 | Fashion and make-up have been with us for a very long time indeed — there are make-up palettes surviving from ancient Egypt — and although men in certain times and cultures may devote a lot of effort to their appearance , it has remained chiefly a feminine domain . |
| 6 | The solar system has travelled round the galaxy almost 20 times since it was formed , and it has described only a tiny arc of its journey during the two million years that people have been on the Earth . |
| 7 | With its motto ‘ Rottweiler breeding is working dog breeding ’ , it has put together a unique package where no dog can become a show champion without first having working qualifications . |
| 8 | Straw plaiting was a widespread cottage industry in and around the Chiltern Hills , but it has left scarcely a sign on the landscape , for it never became a factory industry . |
| 9 | Certainly over the last quarter of a century it has changed quite a lot . |
| 10 | Formerly a private hotel , it has needed only a little work to convert it to its new use . |
| 11 | Midland Montagu , the biggest gilt market-maker , reckons that it has financed nearly a quarter of its needs already , with just six weeks of the financial year gone . |
| 12 | ‘ It has taken quite a large chunk out of our lives , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Asked whether the new rules have influenced either the amount or type of advertising undertaken , 56 per cent of those responding said that it had not and 11 per cent said that it had exercised only a very marginal effect . |
| 14 | It had rejected outright a previous report by Amnesty published in May 1990 [ see p. 37800 ] . |
| 15 | The design was complicated , with a serpentine pattern of dark blue and white with touches of black , and whoever was knitting it had completed only a few inches of ribbed welt . |
| 16 | It had become purely a temple art . |
| 17 | At the end of our period it had produced neither a recognised discipline nor an academic teaching subject . |
| 18 | It had taken only a little practice to discover how to lie there , flat on her back , and slowly , with great care , peel away the roof beam and open back the two vast panes of glass . |
| 19 | It had taken only a moment of time ; and in a certain sense everything else that had ever happened to me was insignificant in comparison . |
| 20 | There had been no problem in finding a matching replacement for the cut piece ; a hardware shop in Inverness had supplied it , and it had taken only a few minutes to fit . |
| 21 | In the days since her visit to me , her mind had become so used to the idea of walking in the vicinity of birds that it had seemed quite a natural thing to do . |
| 22 | The Halifax , Britain 's biggest building society , also disclosed that it had set aside a £20m provision against its loans to the collapsed London docklands developer Kentish Property Group . |
| 23 | Very short space of time it 's gone quite a distance . |
| 24 | Well it 's got here A , is her enormous breasts which she displayed while stripping right , well the answer is A and it 's got her affair with , with the Governor of Louisiana where do they want , oh yeah |
| 25 | It 'd probably be a good studio amp as it 's got quite a rich sound , albeit at low volumes . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's got quite a lot to be said for it , Bob . |
| 27 | It 's , it 's got quite a lot erm , users who would be without a home , albeit boxing club . |
| 28 | This is a minor bedroom , erm but it 's got quite a lot of nice original timbering in it . |
| 29 | It 's got quite a big shed at the back . |
| 30 | And once again , like Betnovate it 's used twice a day . |