Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [conj] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arriving at the edge of the quay , Fitzroy Maclean attempted to inflate it , only to discover that it had a puncture . |
| 2 | If , as naïve young hunters , they attacked a brightly coloured prey , bit it and started to chew it , only to discover that it had a foul taste or a poisonous secretion , they would probably remember it for the rest of their lives . |
| 3 | We 've heard of a small baby who chewed through a gift and swallowed a battery , and of a granny who bought one of those talking baby dolls for her favourite grandaughter , only to find that it had a vocabulary of four-letter words . |
| 4 | She had been foolish enough to ask if it had a name . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The strike was continued for another four days , partly to show that it had not been panicked by the killings into throwing up its responsibilities and partly to ensure that persons on unemployment insurance and social benefits received payment for a full week . |
| 7 | There was n't a great deal else to remember because it had all been pretty damn straightforward . |