Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] it [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The moon had risen but no sooner did it spill its silver light over the fields than it was swallowed up by cloud . |
| 2 | But hardly had it reached our screens last July than it was plagued by troubles and controversy . |
| 3 | IBM Personal Systems Business Unit Europe/Middle East/Africa says it had record volume of sales in the first quarter of this year , and points to Dataquest figures suggesting that it outshipped its nearest competitor by 66% during the last quarter of 1992 and the first quarter of 1993 — gaining 4% in market share over the previous six months ; the company also said it reorganised its manufacturing and distribution operations at its Greenock , Scotland , plant , cutting distribution costs for its ValuePoint and ThinkPad brands by more than 65% , cutting its inventory by 17% since the end of 1992 ; this magnitude of savings will also be realised for the PS/2 and PS/1 lines this year . |
| 4 | How far did it address their grievances ? |
| 5 | He almost ended it celebrating his club 's finest hour . |
| 6 | CLUE is n't a page makeup system as such but it can be used to create very impressive documents , Blackwells recently used it to publish their book catalogue . |