Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new government decided it wanted its own paper and so bought the Mail , which became a bi-weekly in 1967 and went daily in 1969 . |
| 2 | Liza Alther 's bestselling novel Kinflicks was rejected at least fifty times before it found a home , but when it did it earned her enough money to enable her to devote herself full-time to writing . |
| 3 | Rain pattered gently on the unlined metal above , and he hoped it drowned his panting breath . |
| 4 | Yesterday , Jack Dromey , national officer of the Transport and General Workers ' Union , said it underlined his own belief that ‘ ministers and DML managers conspired behind Rosyth 's back to move to one dockyard by the year 2000 . |
| 5 | Objectivity Inc , Menlo Park , California , said it closed its third round of financing last week , an exercise that got started in January . |