Example sentences of "like it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted life to be like it had been earlier that evening . |
| 2 | One understands from these films why critic Gavin Lambert remarked of his departure from England in 1956 that the country ‘ really seemed in the doldrums , like it had lost the war almost . ’ |
| 3 | Nothing quite like it had happened before . |
| 4 | The camp and many others like it had been in existence for years . |
| 5 | Unfortunately Mrs Buckley could n't sing a note in tune ; her throat sounded like it had gravel down it . |
| 6 | Nothing like it had ever happened at UNACO . |
| 7 | Piles just like it had already been loaded onto the boat , carefully stowed in its hold , covered by heavy sheeting and secured . |
| 8 | If the lightning had struck me like it had Ben , it would have meant no hope for me . |
| 9 | Kinda loud , like it had been thrown . |
| 10 | Then he lowered her to the ground and shifted over her , and for a second it was like it had been before and fear touched her , but then his lips came down and brushed her mouth , and she was lost . |
| 11 | ‘ Nothing like it had happened before , nothing like it has happened since , ’ he said . |
| 12 | ‘ Nothing like it had happened before , nothing like it has happened since . |
| 13 | Nothing quite like it had been seen on the Allied side hitherto . |
| 14 | And the worrying thing is it all starts in the margin like it had a through school . |
| 15 | And that little bottle was still half empty , and all the tissue paper inside really smelt heavily of perfume like it had leaked already . |