Example sentences of "had [vb pp] [conj] it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't look at my watch , but I found out later it had stopped so it would have been wrong anyway . |
| 2 | ‘ Though we knew by the place where he had fallen that it must have been at the very summit just as the path runs down the cliff to Kinghorn Manor . ’ |
| 3 | The report by the inquiry inspector , Sir Frank Layfield , into the Sizewell PWR had recommended that it should go ahead . |
| 4 | In a muddled way , he expected that she might fall into his arms , that he would be able to comfort her and that one thing would lead to another ; and so absorbed had he become in the effect Sam 's death would have on his own affairs , that he had forgotten that it might have some other effect on Martha 's . |
| 5 | Kevin Dunion , FoE 's Scottish director , said he was delighted that Strathclyde had accepted that it could win no exemption from the European directive that bans sea dumping from the start of 1999 . |
| 6 | According to some sources Egypt 's acceptance of the Baker plan indicated that the PLO leadership had accepted that it must play an " invisible " role in the initial stages of the peace process . |
| 7 | A leading member of the Medellín drug cartel , Fabio Ochoa , wanted by the United States authorities for drug trafficking offences and the murder of an agent of the American Drug Enforcement Agency ( DEA ) , surrendered on Dec. 19 in what was seen as a vindication of the policy of President César Gaviria Trujillo , who had adopted legal and political methods rather than the previous military offensive against the drug cartels [ see p. 37772 for October proposals ] ; on Dec. 17 the government had said that it would waive extradition to the USA and reduce prison terms for those traffickers who surrendered and confessed to crimes . |
| 8 | Such an alliance was unacceptable to a number of DYP deputies and to the SHP ; the RP had said that it would co-operate only if an Islamic leader was first agreed on to replace Özal . |
| 9 | Mrs Grandison chose ham and salad , thinking sadly of the splendid sirloin , for she had decided that it would have been that if she had been given the choice . |
| 10 | Later , at a party conference in Lotoka on April 26 , delegates had decided that it should put up candidates in the elections , but should refuse to take up any seats which it won , to underline the rejection of the racially based Constitution . |
| 11 | Environmental groups such as the World Wide Fund for Nature had argued that it should focus on issues such as the development and use of selective fishing gear , reduction of waste , the protection and restoration of endangered species and the preservation of marine habitats . |
| 12 | An editorial alleged that the Government would welcome headlines saying that a patient had died because it would swing public opinion against the unions . |
| 13 | The British Company had shown that it could play an effective role in the rougher sort of Indian politics , but there was no reason to think it would go on doing so . |
| 14 | The first Act to abolish Chantries , in 1545 , had lapsed before it could take effect . |
| 15 | It was so different from other Christmases I had known that it ought to have remained like a beacon in my mind , but I know that my strongest memory of Christmas will always be bound up with a certain little cat . |
| 16 | The previous day the Russian government had announced that it would extradite him to Germany on Dec. 13 ( where he faced criminal charges in connection with his regime 's " shoot-to-kill " policy on escapees ) if he did not leave Russia . |
| 17 | Only last year we saw how building workers who left the Union of Construction , Allied Trades and Technicians when its leadership fell into the hands of the far left were prevented from joining the General , Municipal and Boilermakers union , even after the GMB had indicated that it would welcome them . |
| 18 | The Revenue had indicated that it would seek to use s 17(3) , FA 1975 . |
| 19 | Mexico had taken the initiative for this round of talks and had indicated that it would like to see an agreement signed within a year , although ministers were careful not to commit themselves to deadlines . |
| 20 | The treaty had been renewed for 20 years in 1974 but the Yemeni government had indicated that it would oppose renewal in 1994 . |
| 21 | Earlier in March the UK government had indicated that it might resume the forced repatriation of boat people from Hong Kong , which it had begun in December 1989 but suspended soon afterwards [ see pp. 37121-2 ] . |
| 22 | Many recent immigrants perceived the government as obsessed with " the Arab threat " , while Labour had emphasised that it would shift funding from new settlements in occupied territories towards easing the plight of immigrants and the poor . |
| 23 | We had hoped that it would go much further — however , point number 1 is ‘ Avoid classes that do n't have suitably qualified teachers . ’ |
| 24 | When seen the next morning in hospital , Pamela said she had not cared whether she lived or died when she took the overdose , but had hoped that it would show her parents how upset she was feeling about her school work , and that it might also persuade them to change their attitudes to her boyfriend . |
| 25 | He told us to hurry back home after the picture had finished because it might get foggy later . |
| 26 | The report added that President Rafsanjani had estimated that it would cost Iran at least $500,000,000 a month to care for the refugees . |
| 27 | Mola had estimated that it should take about three weeks to conquer the coastal area as far west as Santander . |
| 28 | In September and November 1991 the new coalition New Front for Democracy and Development ( NF ) government had announced plans to reform the constitution to bar the army from involvement in party politics , and had stated that it would assist international efforts to investigate the army 's involvement in drug production and trafficking , money laundering and gun running [ see p. 38432 ] . |
| 29 | It is understood , too , that the Provisional IRA had warned that it would resume bombing in England if the army were not reduced to its pre-strike strength in Ulster . |