Example sentences of "[noun prp] [coord] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He enjoyed a good relationship with Acheson and it suited both men for Dulles to be closely involved in policy formulation : Acheson because it would diminish at least some of the acrimony in Congress and Dulles because he wished to consolidate his record so that he could become Secretary of State in the next Republican administration .
2 A spokeswoman for the album said : ‘ Last year there was a compilation charity record released to coincide with the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and it sold 100,000 copies .
3 This is the view cogently expressed by David Holbrook and it had many supporters among numbers in the National Association of Teachers of English .
4 It was performed at The Lincoln Centre in New York and it got great reviews .
5 It was inspired by Brendan Foster and it brought international athletics to the town and put it on the map .
6 By 1871 , Oldham had more cotton-spinning spindles than any country in the world outside the USA and it maintained that position of superiority until 1937 .
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