Example sentences of "it had [adv] [det] " in BNC.

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1 But , bit by bit , Haringey found that in setting 1989-90 's rate , it had rather more than the year 's expenditure to cover .
2 Ronni shot her response at him like a reflex action , a little guiltily aware that it had rather less to do with the truth and rather more to do with her sudden need for a shield .
3 Concepts like labour organized life in much the same way as the notion of God had done in the Middle Ages , and it had as little material reference .
4 It had too many cares
5 The emperor attended the première , and seemed to approve , despite his observation that it had too many notes ( ‘ Just as many as are necessary , your majesty , ’ Mozart is said to have replied ) .
6 In 1649 the government of the Republic was not at all sure that it could assert its authority over distant colonies ; it had too many problems close to home .
7 Ace thought of it as some sort of insect , although she knew it had too many legs .
8 In the six northern counties of England , it had very little effect on the landscape , except in the East Riding of Yorkshire .
9 It had very little warmth but the chilly air was helping to clear my head .
10 It had very few jewels in its crown .
11 Disappointed , though , that it had so little capacity , that the machine 's power was squandered so liberally on the user interface rather than running the applications .
12 I had a chillingly clear picture of its abominable face : it had so many wrinkles and boils it looked as if it had lived for centuries .
13 I remembered Gerry saying she thought it must be a radio phone as it had so many digits .
14 So Middleton did two sorties I believe , and on each occasion he brought back an aircraft that was no longer capable of flying and was a write-off , it had so much flak and fighter damage , When the same thing happened a second time I had Middleton in and told him that one of his problems was his navigator who was just not able to navigate him round the very heavy flak areas .
15 Oh that 's why it had so much impact , because it really was different on that .
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