Example sentences of "it [verb] [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
| 2 | As it happens we got that shipment delivered eventually though some of the perishables had gone off . |
| 3 | It says it rejected earlier offers of Fondiaria 's shares as too expensive . |
| 4 | It seemed we needed thirty copies of everything , stamped and signed at least twice . |
| 5 | It seemed he heard that question again , a thousand years ago and in another world . |
| 6 | And in the pitch black , it seemed she had some sort of body after all ; distantly she could sense hands feeling their way , feet stumbling . |
| 7 | Erm it touched it touched twenty grand last year . |
| 8 | It meant we got good recruits . |
| 9 | A coupla years ago , it meant you had good contacts and you used them well . |
| 10 | From her expression , it appeared she had little faith that this august personage would oblige . |
| 11 | Oh it said in the , in the book when I read about it , it said it had green flowers , you say is that green flowers |
| 12 | er , this had that night er but , one , in one bit it said he said that night they di fa found that Melissico was n't enjoyed talking to them long af till long after the stars came out . |
| 13 | ‘ It must have been obvious that we were n't going to let it slip it seemed that way to me , ’ said Morrissey . |
| 14 | Erm the Financial Times you showed er I think including the F T Group and Les Echo er in , in the profit analysis , but you did say that their operating profit was up ten percent th the F T Group which I take it to mean they made fourteen point three , leaving I think four point two to Les Echo You did also say that Les Echo had gone from strength to strength but f from my figures I think it 's a third successive decline in their profit . |