Example sentences of "[vb infin] it had " in BNC.

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1 He says he did not know it had been .
2 How d' you know it had anything to do with Frank 's death ? ’
3 The owner did n't even know it had gone . ’
4 I did n't know it had happened !
5 How did she know it had been like that ?
6 Did you know it had
7 No one else was sure if they agreed , but they did know it had taken him nearly half an hour to get through , and the conversation had been brief .
8 She added she had not seen a pewter mug with Ivy 's name on it in its usual place , but could not confirm it had been stolen until the house was straightened out .
9 Fiona Weir , FoE 's air pollution campaigner , said that the group did not feel it had the necessary expertise or information to produce warnings on " nuclear winter " effects , ozone depletion and acid rain .
10 Trafalgar resisted restating the accounts since it did not believe it had done anything wrong .
11 ‘ I do n't seriously believe it had anything to do with That Business over the picture , ’ he informed his silent Saviour on the cross above the altar .
12 Jane could hardly believe it had been so easy .
13 ‘ I could n't believe it had happened again . ’
14 Furthermore the period of intense pollution at the beginning of the mining was now barred by statute from legal suit and also the company could claim it had provided compensation then which was accepted .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 The space between them seemed to be almost solid , you could see it had edges .
18 With hindsight she could see it had been unwise , especially in view of the family history of heart disease .
19 while I was sitting from here I could erm see it had something stuck on it .
20 Course I can remember it had a licence , a spirit licence before the war .
21 Yeah well she 's got the money there she might as well spend it had n't she ?
22 Poor Jonas ' death was a blessing in disguise , though one could wish it had happened differently .
23 I count it a privilege to have been asked to become its chairman — though naturally I would wish it had been in happier circumstances .
24 Do you wish it had never happened ?
25 No it was n't quite as bad as that , Ray er what do you call it had already done it .
26 He had n't done a bad job of dictating her actions so far but that did n't mean it had to continue .
27 Wrong ‘ I know they go to great lengths to avoid paying up , but I did n't realise it had got this bad . ’
28 There were holes in the elbows and I must admit it had got so tatty that it was held together with nappy pins .
29 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 .
30 So long as the universe had a beginning , we could suppose it had a creator .
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