Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [verb] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were holes in the elbows and I must admit it had got so tatty that it was held together with nappy pins . |
| 2 | Well my Lord I must say it had occurred to me erm that certainly on the basis on which I 'm contending for damages to be assessed with the plaintiffs and it is completely irrelevant , er er many of the matters to which the defendant 's expert goes to as to the damages and the extent to which they were caused by the negligence of the defendant , the breach of duty . |
| 3 | For example , if I measure a car traveling down the highway , I might think it had moved only one kilometer , but to someone on the sun , it would have moved about 1,800 kilometers , because the earth would have moved while the car was going down the road . |
| 4 | I used to feel it had . |
| 5 | I count it a privilege to have been asked to become its chairman — though naturally I would wish it had been in happier circumstances . |
| 6 | Course I can remember it had a licence , a spirit licence before the war . |
| 7 | As far as she could tell it had no relevance to her own predicament . |
| 8 | With hindsight she could see it had been unwise , especially in view of the family history of heart disease . |
| 9 | The space between them seemed to be almost solid , you could see it had edges . |
| 10 | The first indeed had presented itself as no more than vivid memory , though — if she were honest with herself — she would admit it had arisen from a kind of fear . |
| 11 | So long as the universe had a beginning , we could suppose it had a creator . |
| 12 | It had certainly been built to last , and although we could see it had lost a lot of windows and the stonework was damaged , it was obviously going to be standing there a few more years yet . |
| 13 | Must remember that phrase : he could see it had struck and it struck him too : he paused to give it the silent applause of a mute punctuation . |