Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had opened the 1961 claret for them because that was the wine he and Dom had chosen to drink and it had n't occurred to him to offer his guests less . |
| 2 | I was very very pleased to see that a lot of you have tried to do your join up handwriting after a bit of practice we 'd had and it had come out really really nicely , well done . |
| 3 | The animal had been plunging towards the shelter of a riverside bamboo grove when he fired and it had probably been the best shot of his life . |
| 4 | The the scheduler , Pauline I ca n't make her out , she seems to be fairly u straight , organized but it had got to the situation where I mean I did n't like it but it happened , we were supplying six months of product and then was supplying six months . |
| 5 | Brand told me that they 'd been friendly from way back and when I leaned on him a bit he admitted that they 'd had a thing going but it had been broken off two or three years ago . ’ |
| 6 | Clarke had said the same thing and she had tried desperately to comply but it had been like trying to lay hold of darting butterflies . |
| 7 | After what seemed like ages we popped out of the cloud and confirmed our dead-reckoned position as overhead the airfield of Vila Real , where we would have landed but it had no avgas . |
| 8 | He said the brakes were worn but it had not contributed to the tragedy . |
| 9 | She turned away , leaving Peggy standing stiff and cold , although the sun was shining and it had been in the seventies all day . |
| 10 | Caroline had disappeared but it had been shown that it was nothing to do with him . |
| 11 | This was my favourite song as it was quite easy to sing and it had a stirring , catching rhythm . |
| 12 | His helmet was a bit dented and it had lost its feathers but otherwise he was all right — just a bit dizzy that 's all . |
| 13 | Work had already started on the bridge when the error was spotted and it had to be raised at enormous cost . |
| 14 | The activity at the back of the car had ceased and it had fallen silent . |
| 15 | Perhaps they had and it had been kept dark . |
| 16 | Mildred held out her arm to see if it had begun to reappear but it had n't . |
| 17 | In contrast , the DIA 's covert activities had never been compromised and it had never become embroiled in public controversy . |
| 18 | Part of the number plate was obscured and it had been badly resprayed . |