Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] that it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | I never thought that it had to be a ‘ rule ’ . ’ |
| 2 | This was rejected by the court which simply stated that it had no power to consider the validity of an Act of Parliament . |
| 3 | The move is an about-face for Rabobank , which recently announced that it had dropped out of the race for the licence . |
| 4 | If the invitation had come as a result of anxious discussion with Jenny about Cassie 's state of mind , and she rather thought that it had , Ben showed no sign of it . |
| 5 | In this case , the plaintiff purchased a painting of Salisbury Cathedral from the defendants who innocently misrepresented that it had been painted by John Constable . |
| 6 | I wondered if she still felt that it had been worthwhile to appear in the film . |
| 7 | But although we found little , report had magnified our findings in no ordinary degree and we afterwards learnt that it had gone over the country around that we had dug up a great treasure of gold . |
| 8 | If they believed they had ‘ natural ability ’ , they well knew that it had to be refined and fastened by a bridle of discipline . |
| 9 | He soon learned that it had come ashore on the island of Cyprus , where the ruler , Isaac Ducas Comnenus , had already seized several survivors from other wrecks and now virtually held Richard 's bride and his sister to ransom . |
| 10 | Otis Ferguson was aware that the film depicted a ‘ phony strike ’ and that there was no real analysis of labour-management problems but he still felt that it had ‘ this air of life whatever we may think of its social content ’ . |
| 11 | He ordered the tomb of Cyrus at Pasargadear to be well preserved , and he was infuriated when he later discovered that it had been vandalized . |
| 12 | But the whole experience left me ruefully feeling that it had perhaps been a mistake to publish a report about them . |