Example sentences of "it had [adj] the " in BNC.
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1 | Sorry , the only one I eh , I eh got this idea was when I first took this up I went into the hut in the town , and I picked up the booklets , you know that they have on the counter , and in one of these booklets it had that the vet 's were now I do n't know what I 'm , I 'm very lost for everything like this , but they 've kept and therefore if your animal needed , your pet needed treatment it would be done by the private vet 's and eh , mon the money would be re would be reclaimed by the vet from the R S P C A , and I think that gave to erm . |
2 | It had all the facilities needed by the three Services and there were as yet few worries about security of tenure . |
3 | It had all the things one likes about art galleries . |
4 | The arena was almost full and it had all the makings of a full scale rumble . |
5 | It had all the rugged grandeur of the sea-girt castle of a medieval Danish warrior-king . |
6 | It had all the greens and blues and purples of the old country but more so and the sun undoubtedly shone brighter below the Equator . |
7 | It had all the characteristics of the Chapman style — swift , direct , efficient . |
8 | It had all the required characteristics of a living being and Lovelock concluded that this indeed was what it was . |
9 | And far from being luxurious , it had all the style and panache of a Formica worktop . |
10 | Then three-quarters of Rokeya 's olive-shaded face appeared bearing the same expression of suffering as it had all the years Lee had known her , relieved only by the same amethyst earrings and necklace of variegated amethyst chunks . |
11 | What Lorentz liked about this dramatization of the notorious Düsseldorf sex murderer was that it had all the feel of a newsreel for ‘ there is no acting in the picture … . |
12 | He had witnessed the girl 's suffering and had analysed the fluid brought up from the stomach — it had all the appearances of urine — colour , taste , smell and consistency . |
13 | The inquest went on for many days and it had all the appearances of the public inquiry that was to follow . |
14 | Montague managed to convince Mortimer of his innocence , but his narrow escape did not discourage the king , and when the coup came it had all the appearance of being carefully planned . |
15 | It had all the qualities of a detailed Victorian painting of Scottish highlands . |
16 | But otherwise it had all the ingredients of the detective novel , down to a theme , the passion for justice . |
17 | ‘ It had all the best things about being at school , like the chumminess , but there were no standards to keep to . |
18 | The bedding which I observed at first hand in 1954 in the peasant community of Pul Eliya was nothing like as grand as the stereotype ; but , apart from some minor differences , it had all the same elements and for the most part they occurred in just the same sequence . |
19 | It had all the signs of being the backstage entrance to the building . |
20 | And if this was nothing more , at least it had all the trappings of a glamorous evening . |
21 | Certainly , it had all the makings of a cinematic success : a superb international cast in the roles of cheating , lying slaves , beautiful handmaidens and courtesans , broad-shouldered , not-too-bright soldiers , henpecked husbands , domineering wives , long-lost children and vestal virgins , involved in love and death scenes , processions , chases and a slave market . |
22 | But it had all the signs of a sectarian killing . |
23 | It had all the stress indicators , i enlarged pupils , fluffed tail , I saw , I saw |
24 | It had all the colour and pagaentry of the Royal Show , seen each year at the same venue . |
25 | It had all the hallmarks of the IRA … a high-explosive device planted on a metal service bridge at Dorton , over the Chiltern line between Banbury and London Marylebone . |
26 | Shady Marcus at last exposed the soap 's Mr Big but it had all the dramatic impact of one of those dated Ealing comedies where George Cole plays a gangster as threatening as a game show host . |
27 | and it had all the paperwork with it , it was gon na be shipped to Singapore . |