Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] it [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor did it prevent the preservation of this category in the language of special education many years after its legal obliteration , in the acronym MLD ( moderate learning difficulties ) , used in many of the same contexts for many of the same purposes , but without , as yet , the abusive tone that came to be associated with its predecessor . |
| 2 | Nor did it want the return of a population that would dissent from the Zionist identity of the state and threaten it demographically . |
| 3 | The debate had no practical importance , nor did it influence the direction and methods of further research . |
| 4 | This did not stop them from associating together nor did it stop the spread of a vague common ideology . |
| 5 | Nor did it escape the notice of other critics of the Association that a handbill , lengthily entitled " A Dialogue between Tom and Harry on the Duties of Seamen and the Just and Equitable Rewards for their Services " , was in practice nothing more or less than a statement of union policy on bargaining with shipowners and published in this form only to avoid the appearance that the Standard was more than an innocent friendly society . |
| 6 | Yet the statute did not in practice provide the absolute ban which it seemed to promise , nor did it deprive the church of acquisitions . |
| 7 | That fat kid from the Double Deckers who played the tuba and made it look the size of a bag of crisps … what is he up to now ? |
| 8 | The older woman pulled out a tray of handguns , and used it to push the glasses and drinks off the bar . |
| 9 | But he said Cardow ‘ had come armed with a lethal weapon and used it to penetrate the deceased 's body nine times . ’ |
| 10 | I personally registered my version of Frombat and used it to create the Transend Menu Program , issued with every Shareware disc , and the Transend Catalogue which only took 3 hours to write . |
| 11 | The move cut across the efforts of SEMS , and stopped it achieving the sales it had hoped for . |
| 12 | So late in the second set , she walked across the scoreboard and changed it to show the match going in her favour . |
| 13 | He slid his hands into the sleeves , and lifted it to turn the back to the light , and for a few minutes stood studying it closely . |
| 14 | Immediately a hand was placed firmly over her head and turned it to face the front again . |
| 15 | From the yard where the cart was kept , Rosa heard the Small splosh in the bucket after Sabina had placed the bird between her legs and slitted it to pull the guts . |
| 16 | He recalled Congress for a special session and challenged it to enact the Republican programme . |
| 17 | I knew a south London teacher who invented an instant tradition of local environmental walks to remedy this deficiency , and called it Beating the Bounds of the Catchment Area . |
| 18 | The leading moderate Muslim , Dr Hesham El-Essawy , chairman of the Islamic Society for the Promotion of Religious Tolerance , welcomed the organisation 's launch and said it reflected the feelings of most British Muslims . |
| 19 | The owner of Con O'Neill 's Castle at Castlereagh told his agent to build a protective wall around it ; the agent , looking for the nearest source of building stone , saw the castle and demolished it to make the wall . |
| 20 | Rising inflation , a weakening economy and a growing budget deficit further lowered the government 's credibility ; its austerity programme fuelled added protests and forced it to concede the indexation of wages to inflation . |
| 21 | He refused to say what that procedure might be , but confirmed it required the permission of Lothian Regional Council . |