Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second hand had stopped where it had met the pin inserted near the 55-second mark . |
| 2 | But in July Mary of Guise was able to fight back more successfully , and at the end of the month the two sides made another truce , by which Edinburgh was to be free to choose its religion , and Catholic observance was not to be reinstated where it had been suppressed . |
| 3 | His thick black curly hair seemed to grow around his head like a crown , leaving his forehead exposed where it had receded . |
| 4 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 5 | Extensive stretches of the walls of his nave have been traced on each side of the existing nave , although we do not yet know if it had an aisle along each flank . |
| 6 | Women who I had attacked for bringing up boy children wanted to know if it had been an immaculate conception or simply parthenogenesis , and what was I going to do with it if it were a boy ? |
| 7 | Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't . |
| 8 | sparkling and looked like it had n't been touched , and I could n't believe it . |
| 9 | She was muddy , her dress torn , her hair looked like it had been combed with a hedge , but she crackled with so much internal power that she was nearly throwing off sparks . |
| 10 | ‘ At Doncaster the buffet was closed , the waiting room looked like it had n't been cleaned for three months , the staff locked themselves in a room and every time we heard an engine and dashed out it was pulling coal wagons . ’ |
| 11 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 12 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 13 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 14 | The aged had , nevertheless , acquired ‘ a definite status in the community … and the ‘ pauper taint ’ [ was ] removed by a system of personal thrift organized by the state' , a provision for which the Conference congratulated itself , claiming to have succeeded because it had placed national interests over and above political tactics . |
| 15 | An inquest has been told that a plane crashed because it had a flat battery . |
| 16 | An inquest has been told that a plane crashed because it had a flat battery . |
| 17 | Our use of some light music on the Fort San Programme was excused because it had been requested for those patients recovering in hospital . |
| 18 | Constable when he was giving evidence it only takes a second to fire a gun was n't that the reason that the bed was tipped because it had to be checked quickly that was n't underneath otherwise Constable may might have got shot . |
| 19 | I forget whether it had wings on it or not . |
| 20 | So you do n't know whether it had just been built and |
| 21 | And erm you know the erm er , I , I do n't know whether it had any adjustment changes or what , but |
| 22 | She opened her bag and sifted the contents , trying to discover whether it had been searched . |
| 23 | They explained that the meeting was cancelled and everyone dispersed as it had been confirmed that the government was about to arrest all strike leaders . |
| 24 | The house looked as it had done for three centuries ; Lord Cumbermound was in no doubt that it would manage another three . |
| 25 | Poland was not even in the same shape or place as it had been , and virtually the only thing that now united the Poles of the different partition experiences , religious beliefs and political outlooks was a new found sense of Polish national feeling . |
| 26 | Overall the unit worked very well but the initial feeling that it looked really smart slowly evaporated once it had sat on the desk for an hour or two . |
| 27 | Her father 's order book was better filled than it had been for years , her mother 's health seemed good , Eileen was happy in her work as a pools clerk , and Tony and Helen were happily planning their wedding . |
| 28 | The regime was n't defeated although it had come to a dead end and the liberation movement did not conquer the situation although they made government impossible . |
| 29 | The MP behind the bill says if it had been law then , her life would have been saved . |
| 30 | I 'd have noticed if it had been missing . |