Example sentences of "they [vb past] [conj] it had " in BNC.

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1 Surely they realised that it had all been a mistake once you explained ? ’
2 Among other matters , the G-7 Finance Ministers reaffirmed their concern over the yen , although they noted that it had stabilized since their last meeting in April .
3 Sometimes the dog would bark for no apparent reason and they assumed that it had sensed a wildcat or a leopard stealing up in silence through the darkness .
4 The children had no complaints about the refreshments , and when it was time to leave , they decided that it had been a pretty good party .
5 Perhaps they felt that it had been a dream all along , always doomed , this fantastical idea that their young brother would go on and get himself a serious education , even go to college .
6 Perhaps they had and it had been kept dark .
7 They suggested that it had been created by fusion within the metal and that muons from cosmic radiation might have been the catalyst .
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