Example sentences of "it had [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | It had to first of all survive which is why it went on the long march was n't it ? |
2 | The wound was not as serious as it had at first seemed , but the bone was broken . |
3 | And yet between these two , from what has been said and written and recollected by both , an intense and governing bond grew up unlikely though it had at first seemed . |
4 | Because the disaster revealed something about the basic nature of the Soviet system , at a moment when it had at last become possible to do something about that system , the political consequences may prove the most profound of all . |
5 | War began with an unsuccessful attempt to return to the city-plundering strategy of the previous century , went on with a great commerce-raiding voyage round the world by Anson , and ( not before it had at last ended the trading career of the South Sea Company ) was swallowed up by the more far-flung clash of British and French . |
6 | It had at last been able to start building a hall of residence which had been in abeyance for six years , and the Director was underlining that student accommodation was in short supply in Teesside , and ‘ unless something is done by the provision of fiats , hostels , etc. , to supplement the supply of digs , I can see this being a factor which could really inhibit our development ’ . |