Example sentences of "had [verb] it the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |
| 2 | She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round . |
| 3 | Bath had felt it the week before but they had the experience and strength to overcome it . |
| 4 | He had felt it the greatest lunacy to dispatch men to crowded city parishes with nothing more sustaining than goodwill , a knowledge of the learned tongues and an unrefined familiarity with the Bible . |
| 5 | Of course , Delia Sutherland had personalised it the way women do , in her case with a trace of dog . |
| 6 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |
| 7 | So she had to do it the slow way . |
| 8 | All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm . |
| 9 | The Concorde ticket to New York was where she had left it the night before . |
| 10 | She had learned it the hard way and she never let her guard slip at all . |
| 11 | A snowfall the previous night , however , had covered the tracks of Graham Little and A. Baker , who had climbed it the day before — also singing its praises for the deep caves and icicles . |
| 12 | If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate . |
| 13 | The French press noted that the Mauritanian government 's pro-Iraqi alignment during the Gulf war had lost it the financial support of certain Gulf states , leaving it more dependent on French aid . |
| 14 | If they had questioned it the chances of the orders being carried out would 've been much less of course . |