Example sentences of "it had [verb] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if such a divinity was near , he prayed that the songs had it wrong , because sweet as tales of Nativity were , time was short , and if hope was only a babe tonight then by the time it had reached redeeming age the worlds it had come to save would be dead . |
| 2 | In a statement the RJO said that it had decided to free Mann because of the " immense efforts " of the UN Secretary-General , and that his release would " be the prelude for the next stage to speed up the closure of the file of the prisoners and the hostages " . |
| 3 | The Organization of American States ( OAS ) announced in Washington on Aug. 28 that it had decided to send observers to oversee the elections for a Democratic Constituent Congress ( CCD ) scheduled to be held on Nov. 22 . |
| 4 | Sarajevo 's main bakery , relying on generators because of power interruptions since the siege started ten months ago , said it had stopped producing bread . |
| 5 | The Zoo lay under a bitter stormy sky , the bars of the cages seeming even more black against it than they were and the leafless trees more bleak There had been thick snow the previous week , the final throes of winter , and then it had thawed leaving dampness and mud everywhere . |
| 6 | " Leftism " suggests opposition to existing policies or institutions , and within the labour movement it had come to mean dedication to rapid socialization of the economy whether through parliamentary or revolutionary methods ( see below , chapters 12 , 13 , and 15 ) . |
| 7 | It initiated liquidation proceedings after the sum it was owed for components it had supplied reached £2.1 million . |
| 8 | The clouds of water vapour that had surrounded it had condensed to form seas , but they were still hot . |
| 9 | In a press release issued on Feb. 21 the human rights organization Amnesty International said that it had continued to receive reports of the use of torture and of the death penalty in Saudi Arabia since the start of the Gulf war . |
| 10 | Since the inception of the Doi Moi campaign in 1986 , the press had been granted a limited " freedom to comment " , which it had used to highlight corruption and the failures of government . |
| 11 | Though the document was about the laity , it had failed to take account of the views of the laity — at least until the previous spring , by which time it was too late for them to have much influence upon its formulation . |
| 12 | Another knight , perhaps emboldened by his companion 's hints , argued that the removal of the wool staple from Calais , where it had helped to pay part of the cost of defending the town , had been for the private profit of Lord Latimer , Richard Lyons and others . |
| 13 | The US Defence Department ( Pentagon ) confirmed on July 29 that it had agreed to sell arms , including laser-guided bombs , worth US$365,000,000 to Saudi Arabia , a move following the announcement by the Pentagon in early July of plans to sell the kingdom $473,000,000 worth of army jeeps and aircraft support services . |
| 14 | The SNM had announced on Aug. 6 that it had agreed to join forces with two other guerrilla movements , the United Somali Congress and the Somali Patriotic Movement , in order to overthrow Barre . |
| 15 | Desperate to cling to power , it had agreed to accept help from the US . |
| 16 | The department emphasised last night that it had agreed to meet Acas in its advisory capacity . |
| 17 | About one quarter of Oxfordshire teachers are unsure as to whether their review and report had led directly to any change at all and with regard to whether it had improved teaching methods , over a third were unsure . |
| 18 | It was announced on Sept. 13 that the Assembly had proclaimed a " Constitution of the Republic of Kosovo " ( it had attempted to declare Kosovo a full republic within Yugoslavia at the beginning of July , immediately after its dissolution — ibid . ) . |