Example sentences of "and [vb past] it had " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly , there were examples of transparent deception : for example , when , as proof of their transcendental patriotism , the ICP dissolved itself and announced it had become the Association for Marxist Studies . |
| 2 | Although CDC would not come clean with its actual choice of another RISC , it ruled out Sparc , said DEC 's Alpha was just vapourware and admitted it had been positively influenced by HP 's technology commitment . |
| 3 | The next day they charged Barry Moxton with the murder of his wife Mary and there was a picture on the front pages of him being led away with a blanket over his head and another of a policeman coming out of his mother 's house with a plastic bag that was said to contain his bloodstained and half-burned clothing , and a day or so after that Uncle Titch turned up in South Wales with his horse and cart where he said he 'd gone after a merry-go-round and did n't know what all the fuss was about , did n't know about any murder , did n't read the papers and was generally believed , at least by the people on the estate , because it was typical of Uncle Titch , and by that time the Queerfella who was queerer than any of them knew had made a full confession and it was all over bar the shouting and the trial , when he pleaded guilty and was sent down for life and everyone said he should have been hanged and pretended it had never once crossed their minds that it was Uncle Titch that done it . |
| 4 | I bit the shell of one and gave the kernel to her , and then bit another and pretended it had broken one of my teeth and I was in too much pain . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I got out a ball gown to lend to a neighbour and found it had been cheaply dry-cleaned , ’ she said . |
| 6 | Driving the Felder , I looked back towards the ranch and found it had disappeared . |
| 7 | There was another advantage late on a lunch-time in that there were always a few city slickers who had ventured north by north-west ( of the Barbican ) to try the Hoskin 's or the Holden 's bitter and found it had got the better of them , so needed a taxi back to civilization . |
| 8 | In that first parliament of his , immediately after his coronation , he had refrained from asking for money , had even prided himself on his princely forbearance , and believed it had won him friends and trust . |
| 9 | He picked up the bird and noticed it had a ring on its leg , so he wrote down the number and passed the information on to me . |
| 10 | Wexford had seen that glass and teak lamp in a Kingsmarkham shop and noted it had been priced at twenty-five pounds , one and a quarter times Hatton 's weekly wage . |
| 11 | He described it as " very backward " and claimed it had " not matured and through cowardice or through lack of experience keeps quiet when there is , for example , a violation of democracy " . |
| 12 | He was without a car for two days and claimed it had cost him at least £300 in business . |
| 13 | Once in Porthcawl in South Wales I was trying out my hydraulic lectern and discovered it had developed a horrible squeak . |
| 14 | He opened pale , hurt eyes when Carrington told him not to take more drink excepting tea , and swore it had not entered his head . |
| 15 | Silicon Graphics Inc took one look at the ghastly quarterly figures from MIPS Computer Systems Inc — a $12.7m loss ( UX No 382 ) — and decided it had paid too much for MIPS : it will now pay 0.52 of a share for each MIPS , down from 0.61 of a share , the eventual price depending on what MIPS ’ share price is when the deal closes . |
| 16 | When Mrs Chamberlin had gone , hurrying into the gloomy February afternoon , her oatmeal figure bent resolutely against the wind , Alexandra looked round the drawing-room and saw it had an animated , unsettled look , as if the last caller had stirred everything to action , all the silver photograph frames , the vases and pin-cushions , the rugs and cushions and shaded lamps . |
| 17 | I caught Werewolf 's eye and knew it had to be me who had to ask . |
| 18 | But yesterday Forum rejected the criticism and said it had put seven names to Mr Adamec for the cabinet posts . |
| 19 | Mr Tutton blamed it on a type of narrow laser beam used in early operations and said it had not been a problem for the British patients . |
| 20 | While S & N has announced itself ‘ perfectly happy ’ with the way things have gone since the switch and said it had been successful , some observers are convinced that operating costs have increased substantially and cite political rather than cost or environmental reasons behind the decision . |
| 21 | They looked at the law and said it had been broken . |
| 22 | But the STUC also voiced disquiet about the way last Monday 's picketing was handled by police , and said it had secured a pledge that policing would now be ‘ even-handed ’ . |
| 23 | The committee welcomed the police 's higher profile and said it had improved the image of Darlington town centre . |
| 24 | Mr Maclean dismissed that as highly speculative and said it had no connection with the draft authorisation under consideration by HMIP . |
| 25 | The BBC had no comment to make about the deepening row and said it had no knowledge of any plans to oust him . |
| 26 | THE Indian government defeated an opposition censure motion in parliament yesterday and said it had vital evidence to identify those responsible for a series of bomb explosions in Bombay . |
| 27 | A spokesman said they had been overwhelmed by the number of applications when the new disability living benefit was announced and said it had taken longer than anticipated to sort out . |
| 28 | The chairman of the carnival committee , Mrs Bailey , said in her speech at the ‘ supper and entertainment ’ that the event had been a success , and hoped it had ‘ laid the foundation for what may become an annual event ’ . |
| 29 | Petion looked astounded in a repulsed sort of way ; Privately , he wondered who had carved these things , and hoped it had not been some ancestor of his . |
| 30 | He sipped at the expensive champagne and wished it had been brandy . |