Example sentences of "it [vb past] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know , so just half a gui but it , it got that , but once they changed the opening hours do you remember when they brought in six |
| 2 | er , it got that bad that I thought she was taking the piss out of me . |
| 3 | It affirmed that provision by LEAs of education for under-fives was discretionary not compulsory . |
| 4 | The movement of a large number of sellers in the parallel market would drive down the price , and push up the yield until it equalled that in the discount market . |
| 5 | The CEGB disclosed the escalation in nuclear costs as it announced that operating profits are £603 million lower than expected at £355 million . |
| 6 | It recommended that Section 2 be replaced by a new Act that would define more narrowly the information that was to be protected ; restricted categories would cover confidential material about defence , foreign affairs and currency reserves , information concerning law enforcement and information provided for the government by an individual or private concern . |
| 7 | It recommended that school leavers aged 14 to 16 should attend ‘ continuation ’ schools for the equivalent of a day a week ( this was never implemented ) . |
| 8 | Proctor & gamble and Unilever , the two giants of the detergent industry , were guilty of this practice , and it recommended that advertising be reduced and product prices cut . |
| 9 | It made Yeah I know it made that but I thought you just wanted to know what it gave off . |
| 10 | It argued that of the half million British troops overseas , 200,000 were in areas that did not create a foreign currency liability , and of the rest few were in areas requiring direct dollar expenditure ; ‘ it follows that the contribution to be made to the balance of payments problem by the withdrawal of troops in overseas theatres will be strictly limited , will apply only to those areas when there is at present a currency obligation , and will produce little or no direct dollar saving . ' |
| 11 | While the religious influence continued to be a factor , the new movement was not simply an extension of the evangelical impulse ; it involved that impulse , but more besides . |
| 12 | By 1871 , Oldham had more cotton-spinning spindles than any country in the world outside the USA and it maintained that position of superiority until 1937 . |
| 13 | Even the Irish edition of the Daily Star said something positive about Sellafield recently when it reported that radon gas was to blame for 500 deaths every year . |
| 14 | I 've never heard it described that way before but there you go er |
| 15 | It transpired that his mother only had one leg . ’ |
| 16 | It transpired that ‘ family ’ meant anyone from her own tribe . |
| 17 | The house was insured for £64,000 , although it transpired that insurance for a completed house and contents had been issued , and the house was not in fact covered . |
| 18 | It estimated that total earning losses from Jan. 17 to Feb. 10 were more than US$130,500,000 and that exports had dropped by 95 per cent during the same period . |
| 19 | I think it instilled that into me . |
| 20 | oh one eighth horse power motor , well it drove that little lad , you know , that I , that , what I use now , but you see to have a big one |
| 21 | More generally , the Marre Committee was convinced by the evidence which it received that ignorance was a major cause of people not seeking legal advice when it was appropriate . |
| 22 | It stipulated that neutrality should be guaranteed by banning them from accepting party political positions or speaking publicly on behalf of political parties . |
| 23 | But it stipulated that cabinet decisions should be taken by majority vote , rather than by consensus as the National Party wanted . |
| 24 | That Act One marriage scene — I do n't think I 've ever seen it played that way before , as a comedy number . ’ |
| 25 | It assumed that initiative for the formulation and introduction of measures of national policy and became increasingly reluctant to be over-ruled by the House . |
| 26 | What Dilys Powell missed when she described The Wicked Lady as a concatenation of ‘ the hoary , the tedious , the disagreeable , ’ as did other critics who saw Gainsborough 's films as a reassertion of an old escapist tendency in British cinema , was how much of an advance such films offered on everything of a similar sort that had gone before , and how they touched the sentiments of audiences who could no longer respond to stories of gallant endeavour quite as they could when it seemed that defeat was an imminent possibility . |
| 27 | After the Dubai 1986 Olympics when England were unlucky not to win against a full-strength USSR , it seemed that gold would be there once the Russians had another off day . |
| 28 | Kylie , based in the opulent comfort of London 's St James 's Club , favourite hunt of Hollywood superstars like Clint Eastwood , was everywhere it seemed that summer — and the record sales reflected it around the world . |
| 29 | ‘ It seemed that way . |
| 30 | Initially , it seemed that Sale might prove victorious . |