Example sentences of "this [noun sg] [conj] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | This borrowed item , no doubt bequeathed by some burly and well-meaning district commissioner , does not possess quite the same significance in this ambience as it had in its original context . |
| 2 | And she knew she did , but it was only during this moment that it had happened , in this moment of revelation . |
| 3 | But , but , in this cage and it had a little wooden box |
| 4 | Tit for Tat won in this climate , and Tit for Two Tats would have won in this climate if it had been submitted . |
| 5 | So , for thirty years Alfred Glynn had preserved this room as it had been when he still believed that the silk counterpane and the eiderdown would be the covers on his marriage bed . |
| 6 | Was it really just this morning that it had all happened ? |
| 7 | " And she had this baby and it had a birthmark like a cat 's face on its stomach . " |
| 8 | The government probably went further down this road than it had originally envisaged . |
| 9 | Floy thought he would have rather enjoyed this journey if it had not been for the nagging concern about Fenella , left behind in the giants ' hands . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , if you do , do you think any of them would have signed this form if it had not been all in order and above board ? ’ |
| 11 | It had been hoped to have the English version ready for publication by Easter this year but it had been delayed principally because of objections to the use ‘ inclusive language ’ . |
| 12 | China was conspicuously omitted from this scheme since it had already rejected it . |
| 13 | well this , no , fifty one , er this was the last house to be completed on this estate because it had been used as a paint store and we were the very last people |
| 14 | I can put a point rather more crudely than the Lord put it , but I realise that the present Government find it inconceivable , one day they will be in opposition , but I do wonder if they would have shown quite the same enthusiasm for this solution if it had been forthcoming from a Labour Government . |
| 15 | They stressed that Brazil did not intend to go beyond this stage as it had " no warmongering pretensions " . |