Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] it [verb] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did it believe in hopes expressed by Saudi Arabia that the six countries involved could become militarily self-sufficient , since it characterised all these states as ‘ military clients of Western states ’ . |
| 2 | Women have grabbed rock by the balls and made it squeal in agony . |
| 3 | In the face of a severe crisis relating to international reserves the government devalued the currency twice , in February and in March , and allowed it to float in September . |
| 4 | Pike the ditcher and Watkin the dung-collector had , in the absence of any relatives , sewn the body into a canvas sack , placed it on a wooden trellis and brought it to lie in front of the chancel screen . |
| 5 | By s.24 goods are stolen for the purposes of handling if any one or four conditions is fulfilled : ( a ) they have been stolen contrary to s.1 ; ( b ) they have been obtained by deception contrary to s.15 ; ( c ) they have been obtained by blackmail contrary to s.21 ; ( d ) they have been subject to an act done in a foreign country which was both a crime in that country and had it occurred in England , would have been theft , obtaining by deception , or blackmail in this country . |
| 6 | This time I used a grey Ingres paper and left it exposed in parts of the sky , as well as using it as an undertone to modify the colour put over it elsewhere . |