Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has done it the old-fashioned way , with teamwork , better quality and new models that appeal to its customers . |
| 2 | It did award her the prestigious Hughes medal in 1906 , the first medal awarded to a woman by the Royal Society . |
| 3 | Johnny was surely the " Billy Bishop Canadian " of World War 2 : only the war ending when it did denied him the highest award . |
| 4 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 5 | With the usual lack of euphemism , the overseers enter the rubric ‘ Dead ’ against her name at the beginning of 1786 ; their accounts for 10 January indicate that it had cost them the grand sum of 3s. 9d. to bury three paupers : ‘ West Wife ; Titford and Robbans ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ It does worry me the longer it goes on without one . |
| 7 | It 's turned it the other way round . |
| 8 | It 's lent me the black one now . |