Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [vb pp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was amazed with the improvement I had made and it showed just what can be achieved with hard practice . |
| 2 | I had assumed that it meant the characteristic of being alive , livingness , whatever it is that makes life life . |
| 3 | She was more scratched than she had realised and it felt as if every small insect in the wood had landed in her hair . |
| 4 | It was the first show of emotion she had made and it did more to make Wexford believe her story than all the documentary evidence she had furnished him with . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | " It had killed before it met us , " said Blackberry with a shudder . |
| 7 | It had survived because it had got a metallic thread running through it . |
| 8 | His plaster had been changed , and he had written whilst it dried . |
| 9 | He had bought a bunch of parsley on his way in , because he had heard that it clears away the smell of alcohol . |
| 10 | Until he reached five degrees he had found that it turned easily , through long use … but now it became stiff and awkward . |
| 11 | He clearly thought he had won and it annoyed her . |
| 12 | He had protested that it did not have the money and had been told that ‘ the Minister would not wear a statement that funds were exhausted ’ . |