Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [det] [noun] for " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He enjoyed a good relationship with Acheson and it suited both men for Dulles to be closely involved in policy formulation : Acheson because it would diminish at least some of the acrimony in Congress and Dulles because he wished to consolidate his record so that he could become Secretary of State in the next Republican administration . |
| 2 | In this early period American railway capital and building energies went mainly into track and engineering , and it took some time for the station to catch up with the grandiose schemes of the companies . |
| 3 | Kim Il Sung headed the NKIPC ; the membership was disparate and it took some time for Kim to establish his control . |
| 4 | It meant we had to chase the game and it left more room for their two dangerous strikers . |
| 5 | And it gained some notoriety for obduracy on female sufferance while the rest of the developed world was gradually seeing sense . |