Example sentences of "[prep] [conj] it have [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | And because of that it has got gravitation and fields which is n't as big as the earth , it 's only about one sixth as big as the earth . |
2 | And there 's a book and it 's oh about quarter of and it 's got the bible written in fourteen nineties . |
3 | Cos they we we were , we were doing it and and wha they were all kinds of and it 's got and I like , rushed it over to the sink and , and then just and then with the table it fell |
4 | He said it was to prevent the priest being mixed up , it was an opportunity to a new priest to come in and sort of if it had become he could establish groups . |
5 | In a static , unchanging universe , the question of whether it has existed forever or whether it was created at a finite time in the past is really a matter for metaphysics or religion : Either theory could account for such a universe . |
6 | He jerked his hand back as if it had received an electric shock : a cheek nerve had quivered . |
7 | It was a black and white picture , superficially scratched , and curling at the edges , as if it had received much handling . |
8 | The room was deserted and desolate : the arctic blue bubble of the drinking water machine looked as if it had turned to ice , two desk lights burned pointlessly above unoccupied desks and the rubbish bins were still brimming with polystyrene cups and waste paper . |
9 | She made a gesture with a graceful hand that shut me up as if it had turned a tap . |
10 | I had a chillingly clear picture of its abominable face : it had so many wrinkles and boils it looked as if it had lived for centuries . |
11 | Most countries tax multinationals on an ‘ arm 's length ’ basis , calculating the profits that the firm earned within their borders as if it had done so through a stand-alone business , operating at arm 's length from the parent firm . |
12 | When it had finished , it hared off across the garden as if it had done something clever . |
13 | His self-conscious gaucheness vanished as if it had evaporated in the thin cold air of the mountains and he found friends . |
14 | The Dome itself , designed by Ralph Tubbs , looked as if it had descended from Mars . |
15 | The moon squatted above the mountains hugely , as if it had descended in majestic importance to pay a visit to this district , these mountains , this town only . |
16 | The black cloud returned to the screen as if it had followed them . |
17 | She felt as if she never wanted to go back into the house , as if it had tied her with a million cobweb fine lines , as the Lilliputians had trapped Gulliver , and that she could not get free . |
18 | The afternoon and evening seemed to pass with agonizing slowness , yet , when the time came for Maurice 's departure , it felt to Charlotte as if it had crept up and taken them by surprise . |
19 | The exposed skin was flushed and glowing ; here and there it resembled tanned leather and , in some cases , it looked as if it had split and healed , and split again . |
20 | The office looked as if it had fallen under the same spell of passing time as Dexter , and been unoccupied for weeks rather than hours — the motes of dust , the grime of London gently settling on files , videotapes and yellowing newspapers . |
21 | But then the weather changed and although things were given and flowering it was cold and windy and it seemed strange there should be all that blossom , wrong like , as if it had made a mistake and popped up at the wrong time — that was because I had felt the warmth of those few nice days . |
22 | He then engaged full astern , causing the boat to stop as if it had hit a brick wall , and cried : ‘ Drop anchor ! ’ |
23 | Long , unkempt hair , several missing teeth , and a nose that looked as if it had met more than one fist in its owner 's lifetime did nothing for his general appearance . |
24 | It had appeared , it would move on , but for this moment it was there for her — almost as if it had waited for her to be alone . |
25 | Magic had descended from somewhere and made her invisible ; and in the process it had … well , it felt as if it had killed her . |
26 | The most striking feature of his appearance was a sheepskin jacket which looked as if it had seen better days , sometime in the late nineteen seventies . |
27 | I mean , the light coming from them would be bent — as if it had gone through crinkly glass — like you get in bathroom windows . |
28 | ‘ The Libyan desert has become an inferno where the front line moves continuously as if it had gone mad , ’ wrote Monelli , an Italian war correspondent . |
29 | It looked as if it had gone straight over the side and into the valley . |
30 | drinking his beer as if it had gone flat , she thought , seeing him before he saw her . |