Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia . |
| 2 | In practice , Clarence 's grant was a dead letter in Richmondshire , although it gave him extensive interests elsewhere , notably in Lincolnshire and East Anglia . |
| 3 | The Ship slowed its fall and drifted down across the scrublands until it met its own shadow . |
| 4 | From that time on , the photosynthesizing organisms emerged as the predominant life forms , and the atmosphere was altered by the increasing out-pouring of oxygen , until it reached its present state . |
| 5 | Geoffrey watched the red flush creep up James Grierson 's neck and continue until it reached his receding hairline . |
| 6 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 7 | If it took you 15 minutes then you were walking at 4 m.p.h. : Speed = Distance/Time = 1 mile/0.25 hours |
| 8 | It had been saddled up ready for him and as Li Yuan stood there , it turned its head curiously , its large dark eyes meeting the prince 's as if it knew its new owner . |
| 9 | It was one thing for his guardian to tell Harry to forget the circumstances of his birth , but would he do so if it meant his beloved daughter had to share that stigma ? |
| 10 | But you would still not be surprised if it ended its useful life after ten years or so of daily use . |
| 11 | I will not pass this way again to see if it did him any good . |
| 12 | If it did anything this mass burning ensured that Lewes remained a stronghold of Protestantism , and the people of Cliffe still celebrate Bonfire Night at the Martyr 's Memorial with a sectarian fervour far exceeding the mild anti-Popery of other marchers . |
| 13 | He just managed to close his mind to what he did n't want to know , because it spoiled his beautiful graphs . ’ |
| 14 | She believes that the emancipation of Soviet women after the 1917 Revolution was a catastrophe because it distorted their feminine psyche and behaviour . |
| 15 | Many people feared involvement in popular education because it made them immediate targets of the Contras . ’ |
| 16 | He loved it because of the colours and because it needed his nimble fingers . |
| 17 | Hank came in and did a lot of recordings , which I was glad of because it gave me some relief . |
| 18 | The decision caused consternation on both sides of the House , because it confirmed what many people feared : that Britain was slipping too far behind the superpowers ; and was , indeed , losing a measure of her sovereignty . |
| 19 | The Pru 's ‘ transparent ’ financial reporting has been dominating the headlines recently since it restated its 1991 life and pensions accounts under the accruals basis . |
| 20 | She could do with a glimpse into the future right now , she decided grimly , particularly since it seemed her irritating companion was intent on being obstructive , despite his apparent change of attitude . |
| 21 | They had hardly ever been in this house belonging to Nicholas , and never since it received its new mistress . |
| 22 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |
| 23 | The company also said it is working out details of a tentative $5m settlement of a shareholder suit filed after it lost its only Cray-3 customer . |
| 24 | The company also said it is working out details of a tentative $5m settlement of a shareholder suit filed after it lost its only Cray-3 customer . |
| 25 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 26 | The bone which in lizards conducts sound from the ear-drum to the inner ear originated as the hind border of a gill slit in a fish , and then became a strut bracing the jaw articulation to the skull , before it acquired its present function . |
| 27 | Indeed , initially favoured by the government to soak up excess cereal production , it was one which linked agricultural , manufacturing and commercial capitalism before it reached its proletarian consumers . |
| 28 | But you had to win it twice before it became your own property . |
| 29 | The paper which , unlike Haycocks I and II , was not considered by the main ACSTT Committee because it arrived too late before it concluded its five year term , was circulated by the DES to interested organizations for discussion and comment and a large number of responses was received . |
| 30 | In the social work field this was strikingly acknowledged by the Curtis Committee on the care of children , which recommended the setting up of a Central Training Council on Child Care before it published its final report recommending radical changes in the organization of the care of deprived children . |