Example sentences of "it [vb past] several [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That and the enormous city walls — to judge by the surviving gates — made the town well-nigh impregnable and , indeed , it withstood several sieges . |
| 2 | It reopened several days later , however , and no further desalination plants came under direct threat during February . |
| 3 | In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security . |
| 4 | Despite anecdotal reports of serious bugs in Microsoft Corp 's new MS-DOS 6.0 , PC Week Labs says it has been unable to reproduce in a controlled laboratory environment any of the data-threatening errors specifically attributed to MS-DOS 6.0 or its DoubleSpace component , adding that it believes that many of the reported data-destroying errors can be attributed to the sudden introduction of SMARTDRV , the MS-DOS and Windows cache program , onto previously uncached systems — SMARTDRV caches disk writes , and any sudden power-down can cause unrecoverable file and disk errors — but be that as it may , Microsoft is taking the reports of data loss sufficiently seriously that it has pledged to do whatever it takes to track down and purge any serious flaws , although it has found none , and InfoWorld reported it found several problems , including one in the DoubleSpace data compression — but Microsoft said two of its engineers looked into but could not replicate the problems InfoWorld saw . |
| 5 | As a result , it received several offers of help , including one from the mystery blonde accountant who came down to the Sanctuary twice . |
| 6 | It seemed several days since he had seen the girls ' bodies in their mockery of repose at the embalmer 's shed that morning . |
| 7 | It seems unlikely that the dance was copied into the score at the wrong point : if it had been , one would expect to find it headed by some warning that it belonged several pages later — otherwise severe complications would result in orchestral parts copied from the score . |
| 8 | It was urged into the air again , kicking out with its back legs , seeming to hang there motionless , and then on hind legs it walked several steps forwards . |
| 9 | It followed several months of public debate led by the DPP over calls for Taiwan independence , theoretically punishable under sedition laws as advocating secession [ see also p. 38291 ] . |
| 10 | I said , ‘ Cynthia would n't let him ’ , which was silly of me because it aroused several emotions in my mother . |
| 11 | Tracey added , ‘ The order was a good test for our facility as it employed several items of our equipment . |
| 12 | Villa is a misnomer , for it included several thermae , stadia , halls , theatres , magnificent gardens , terraces and fountains as well as the imperial apartments . |
| 13 | A 19-member Cabinet was announced on May 3 ; it included several members of the NPRC and featured six civilians including two senior members of the former government , James S. A. Funna and Ahmed Dumbuya , who retained their portfolios . |
| 14 | It included several hamlets and scattered farms within its bounds as well as the village that was clustered close to the church and the ruined castle . |
| 15 | It brought several things to mind : the evident barrier during negotiations between the steward and the women ; the warnings of a friend about my own relationship with the steward — ‘ You put too much trust in that man ’ ; and the remark made when I reported how I had initially explained my research aims to the union stewards — ‘ You told the Secret Service ! |
| 16 | It combined several emotions . |
| 17 | The courthouse windows were open but the radiators below them were hot ; it took several hours for any changes in setting to make themselves felt through the massive heating system , and it was impossible to keep up with the irrational temperament of the month . |
| 18 | It took several layers of slightly thinned fold acrylic paint to get the effect I wanted , then , as the final touch , I worked over the parts I have previously painted red , now visible only as a dull tonal value within the fold , using well thinned films of the different pearlescent colours . |
| 19 | It took several attempts to get it right , but in the end I felt justifiably proud of my literary effort . |
| 20 | When replacing the case for example , it took several attempts before it was positioned correctly , and the power button worked properly again . |
| 21 | It took several minutes to gather them back and put them under starter 's orders . |
| 22 | It took several minutes , and then suddenly another wave pulled the last line free , unwinding from her thigh , to relinquish its grip like some long thin tentacle . |
| 23 | It took several minutes but they finally boarded the train , fought their way down the corridor and collapsed into the relative calm of a first-class carriage . |
| 24 | It took several minutes before they were ready to leave , and even then Mabel hovered in the doorway , saying plaintively , ‘ You wo n't be long , will you ? |
| 25 | It took several minutes for Joseph to recover his composure and only then was he able to see by the light of the fires that the rear of the communal hut was divided up into tiny stall-like compartments for the pholy 's wives and daughters . |
| 26 | Dr Marc Cartwright , anaesthetist on the cardiac arrest team , said it took several minutes to spot the mistake and insert the tube properly . |
| 27 | It took several journeys to unload her provisions from the boot . |
| 28 | Emerging in the late sixties it took several forms : informal consciousness-raising groups were set up ; women 's campaigns were run in support of abortion , battered women , women in employment , and of oppressed women in different parts of the world ; and women found their own voice in establishing their own magazines and publishing houses . |
| 29 | It took several moments for him to orientate himself and wipe the sleep from his eyes . |
| 30 | It took several pulls of the cord before it caught . |