Example sentences of "[art] [noun] and [vb past] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | While S & N has announced itself ‘ perfectly happy ’ with the way things have gone since the switch and said it had been successful , some observers are convinced that operating costs have increased substantially and cite political rather than cost or environmental reasons behind the decision . |
| 2 | Driving the Felder , I looked back towards the ranch and found it had disappeared . |
| 3 | They looked at the law and said it had been broken . |
| 4 | When Mrs Chamberlin had gone , hurrying into the gloomy February afternoon , her oatmeal figure bent resolutely against the wind , Alexandra looked round the drawing-room and saw it had an animated , unsettled look , as if the last caller had stirred everything to action , all the silver photograph frames , the vases and pin-cushions , the rugs and cushions and shaded lamps . |
| 5 | But yesterday Forum rejected the criticism and said it had put seven names to Mr Adamec for the cabinet posts . |
| 6 | He picked up the bird and noticed it had a ring on its leg , so he wrote down the number and passed the information on to me . |
| 7 | ‘ I got out a ball gown to lend to a neighbour and found it had been cheaply dry-cleaned , ’ she said . |