Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They left his body lying where it fell for three days , as a warning to the other prisoners . |
| 2 | Moreover , under 1020 the death of Archbishop Lyfing is given first , although it occurred on 12 June , after Cnut 's return to England and the Easter meeting at Cirencester . |
| 3 | Following evidence produced at the Special Commissioners ' hearing , W purported to revise the accounting period by virtue of s 247(8) , TA 1970 so that it ran from 1 February 1977 to 31 January 1978 , rather than 25 October 1977 . |
| 4 | One is to telephone , or write to her beforehand , saying that things have been so hectic at your end recently that it seemed at one point that you might have to postpone your visit for a week or two , but that you are so keen to see her that you are absolutely determined to ‘ make it ’ somehow , even if it has to be just a ‘ flying visit ’ . |
| 5 | The noise in the Chamber tonight did not do the House great credit , but I do not think that it came from one side alone . |
| 6 | The swan became so attached to Sam that it stayed for twelve years . |
| 7 | A runner since the early fifties , Hugh had an 18-month spell of injury in 1988 , and when he started training again his weight had gone from 11 stone to 12st 4lb — ‘ and it felt like 16 stone when I was out running ’ . |
| 8 | Once they got there , however , they found the police would not allow them onto the tarmac with the welcoming VIPs and it looked at one point as though they were not going to get any pictures . |
| 9 | And it lasted about three quarters an hour , and it all damped down . |
| 10 | I always knew it probably could n't last because nothing goes on forever , but in that time , I had a great time in New York , and it seemed at one point that everyone was there when David was doing the week at the Universal Amphitheatre . |
| 11 | and it seemed like ten minutes , yeah , but like Jim came out and said do you realize you 've been out here for hours man |
| 12 | It would have been a public retirement , however — the first printing of the book was 6,000 copies , and it went through eleven impressions in as many years . |
| 13 | And it went to seven months because they did have a downturn in the business so it pushed the quantities back a bit . |
| 14 | And it took about two minutes to twig what I was going on about ! |
| 15 | It was in the kitchen and it consisted of three panels side by side . |
| 16 | This committed him to a punishing schedule for the next eight months , from the time the play went into rehearsal until it closed on 26 April 1969 after 161 consecutive performances . |
| 17 | A proposal for the reform of the Italian railway network advocated the dismissal of the board if it failed for two years running to achieve performance targets ( Santoro 1985 ) , and the Spanish Socialist government has similarly toyed with the idea of sacking unsuccessful chairmen ( Tamames 1983 : 371 ) . |
| 18 | If it worked on thirteen amps , that was all the proof needed . |
| 19 | But it died within two weeks . ’ |
| 20 | I think I read for two hours , but it seemed like ten minutes . |
| 21 | He was in an iron bed which resembled that on which he slept in ffeatherstonehaugh 's , but it had on one side a sad leatherette-and-wooden armchair and on the other a small white cabinet . |
| 22 | The statement was extremely thin , but it touched on one matter of importance — the fact that some employers spend money on training but others do not : they poach . |
| 23 | But it looked at one stage as if they might lose their first choice and have to stay in Reigate for another summer when negotiations for the purchase coincided with their long-planned holiday of a lifetime — watching last month 's world cup cricket in Australia . |
| 24 | It was big but it was n't tall because it walked on four feet . |
| 25 | The outlines of his life are familiar but , because it fell into three parts separated by place as well as time , it is obscure in detail even to those who were closest to him at any given time . |
| 26 | MORE than 18,000 passengers have flown on the new Belfast City to London Gatwick service since it took off two months ago , Jersey European revealed today . |
| 27 | Since it joined in 1980 Japan has listed only four sites for protection and one of these , Lake Utonai on the northern island of Hokkaido , is now said to be threatened by secret plans to build a 40-kilometre flood control canal . |
| 28 | But they were cut from the programme after it overran by 10 minutes . |
| 29 | Atari recently sent a shiver through the industry when it laid off 1700 employees . |
| 30 | True , he was a vital part of the 2nd Div side but then so were a lot of players who really were n't up to it when it came to Div I. It was , as Wilko realised a totally different ball-game . |