Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] [pron] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if it took me ten years I would get my own back . ’ |
| 2 | If it took you 15 minutes then you were walking at 4 m.p.h. : Speed = Distance/Time = 1 mile/0.25 hours |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Cromwell had thrown in his lot with the Levellers when it suited him two years before and so was regarded by them as no better than a mutineer himself when he turned against them . |
| 6 | In the face of foreign invasion , James panicked and fled the country in December 1688 ( though it took him two attempts before he finally escaped to France ) , and in February 1689 a specially convened Convention Parliament established William and Mary as joint King and Queen and debarred all Catholics from the succession in the future . |
| 7 | We used to count as it played its seven colours |
| 8 | Integrating Evode 's chemicals and plastics businesses with its own activities without dilution was on schedule , Laporte said yesterday as it unveiled its 1992 results . |