Example sentences of "[noun] had [verb] [conj] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , it was necessary to attempt do so : the alternative was to confess that the administration had failed where it most wanted to succeed . |
| 2 | The London County Council had found that it simply was not worth trying to recover the cost of milk from the 25% of London parents whose income was high enough to make them liable for the full billeting contribution , since ‘ the few pounds they had succeeded in recovering over a period of several months were far less than the cost of its collection ’ . |
| 3 | Ruth had to smile because it certainly did n't sound like her . |
| 4 | Three days had passed before it suddenly struck Lisa that she had so far been spared her most dreaded aggravation — the aggravation of Alexander Vass constantly breathing down her neck . |
| 5 | In July the company had said that it then expected 32,000 people to take redundancy this year , up from the 20,000 forecast at the beginning of the year : now it says it expects 40,000 to go , 8000 of them in Europe — of which the UK share is 600 , and 4,000 of them in Asia . |