Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had already seen to it that fodder had been stored in stone-built barns situated at strategic points on lower pastures . |
| 2 | How he had overcome all the complex problems of graft-rejection , septicaemia , and so on — not to mention the central problem of bestowing life — was beyond me , although I took it that fortune had favoured his researches . |
| 3 | There was no limit to the amount of money which could be used during any given assignment but at the end of it each operative had to account to Kolchinsky for his or her expenses in tabular form , supplying the relevant chits to back up the figurework . |
| 4 | ‘ And below it another hand had scribbled a codicil : ‘ And the vagina our last ditch defence ’ ! |
| 5 | To have the thing scraped or vacuumed out of her womb , the very thought of it last night had sent her to the bathroom , heaving over the modern white lavatory . |