Example sentences of "[vb infin] [conj] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not know that it had been spiked with tranquillisers until she woke up some time later . |
| 2 | How would it know that it had to lose weight ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So you do n't know whether it had just been built and |
| 5 | And erm you know the erm er , I , I do n't know whether it had any adjustment changes or what , but |
| 6 | It deliberately switched off its mind to me , to make me think that it had died . ’ |
| 7 | they did not think that it had been a whole school effort ; |
| 8 | To those who argued that the policy was deluded , its sponsors could answer that it had good aims in view ; indeed , the more glaring the disappointment , the more glowing the colours in which those aims were painted . |
| 9 | Nor could she recollect that it had ever been suggested they should do so . |
| 10 | It would make the association feel that it had had a better hearing if it saw the Minister face to face rather than pursuing the matter in correspondence . |
| 11 | It did n't matter that it had taken such a long time . |
| 12 | It could n't be simply The History of Wimbledon ( there was a book with that title — it did n't matter that it had been published nearly two hundred years ago ) . |
| 13 | The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies . |
| 14 | After that , Waits retreats into his usual ho humdrum bummed-out bluesywoozy alkie drone mode mood muzak , the sort of mozzery gushy mush your dog would make if it had vocal chords and could handle its drink . |
| 15 | They would n't exist if it had n't been for him . |
| 16 | In fact as well as fiction the Victorian house had become more private than its Regency predecessors ; one might even claim that it had developed distinct symptoms of Wemmick 's siege mentality . |
| 17 | In places , the bone was exposed and , in the uncertain light , Nuadu could nearly believe that it had been nibbled . |
| 18 | She could n't believe that it had all stopped , the misery , the anguish , the self-recrimination . |
| 19 | But he desired the little glass key , because he was a craftsman , and could see that it had taken masterly skill to blow all these delicate wards and barrel , and because he did not have any idea about what it was or might do , and curiosity is a great power in men 's lives . |
| 20 | When I had finished I could see that it had made not the slightest impression . |
| 21 | It was a long speech and he could see that it had tired her . |
| 22 | Originally , the abridged talk in Davis 's recording had seemed to be a sensible compromise , yet looking back I can see that it had something to do with the partial dissatisfaction expressed in my review of the reissue : ‘ the total effect is more of a divertissement than of opéra-comique ’ . |
| 23 | I could see that it had been an upsetting experience . |
| 24 | But she could n't let him see that it had meant something to her . |
| 25 | Mrs. Jones did not understand that it had that effect , notwithstanding that the creditor 's solicitor went through the mortgage with her and explained it to her before she signed . |
| 26 | There was a long pause and then , somewhat reluctantly , Cassie said : ‘ I did n't realize that it had n't happened yet . |
| 27 | I thought the impact must have hurt her back , but it did n't look like it had . |
| 28 | This month David Savage discusses the importance of mistakes within the workshop , and looks at a finish he would otherwise not now use if it had n't been for a disaster |
| 29 | He had a bike which she 'd stopped letting him use because it had become dangerous . |
| 30 | Lazarus 's business ambitions soon elevated him from storeman to lumber merchant , thence to a partnership in the coal industry which became his sole business — L. Cohen and Son — after a few years , and hence to a high-profile dredging company which could boast that it had kept every one of the lifelines of the young nation — the St. Lawrence tributaries between Lake Ontario and Quebec — open . |