Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike most dinosaurs it had sharp teeth with which it ate smaller creatures . |
| 2 | Like many other coastal shipping companies it met hard times after the First World War , when motor lorries began taking the general cargoes that used to go by sea to all the little ports . |
| 3 | In most of the present liberal-democratic countries it required many decades of agitation and organization , and in few countries was anything like it achieved until late in the nineteenth century . |
| 4 | Following news that it was working on an open systems ‘ business specification ’ for commercial users and organisations ( UX No 373 ) , the X/Open Group Co Ltd is at last preparing make good some of the promises it made last year about giving users a bigger say in its affairs . |
| 5 | It offended the friends and allies of the USA , especially in western Europe ; and in the Cold War years it provided splendid propaganda for her enemies in the Communist World . |
| 6 | The group doubled the number of passengers it carried last year to 1.65m and should perform even better this year following the purchase in September of Pickfords Travel from NFC for more than £16m . |
| 7 | Eventually , the slurry not only reached the bottom of the main shaft , over the following 24 hours it rose 16 feet up it . |
| 8 | Six months later in the municipal elections it fought eight seats in five London boroughs . |