Example sentences of "had [be] [vb pp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to check with John what had been sent and it turned out Rollersnakes — or one particular roller skating employee of said carpet shop/skateboard emporium — had kept most of my stuff for themselves and given me their old stock off the shelf . |
| 2 | The referendums had been called after it became clear during the campaign leading up to the June Maastricht referendum that the Irish Constitution 's restrictive abortion provisions could clash with EC rights to freedom of movement and information [ see p. 38942 ] . |
| 3 | Towards the end of the same century estufas ( heated chambers ) came into use to reproduce the improvements in the wine which had been noted when it crossed the equator in the holds of ships , the changes being caused by the heat and not by the motion of the ship . |
| 4 | Chart 13 shows Mr Moore 's findings : in the successful sample the average ratio of long-term debt to assets was 62.4% after the LBO had been made but it fell to 37.6% by the third year as assets were sold and debt paid off . |
| 5 | Police said yesterday some damage had been caused but it appeared no money was missing . |
| 6 | Michael Heseltine , the Trade and Industry Secretary , said the decision had been taken because it had become ‘ virtually impossible ’ for UK insurers to obtain reinsurance protection against ‘ terrorism-related claims ’ . |
| 7 | Speaking to the European Parliament ( EP ) after the summit Ruud Lubbers , Prime Minister of the Netherlands , said that the word federal had been dropped because it meant different things to different people . |
| 8 | At Bilen I had often asked what happened to the Awash , curious to find out why this large river never reached the sea , and I had been told that it ended in a great lake at the foot of a mighty mountain called Goumarri in Aussa , where apparently there were many lakes , great forests and some cultivation . |