Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Most textile plants are built near a big sewerage plant , not in the middle of the countryside like ours , ’ explained Dai Jones , whose responsibility it soon became to find a means of solving the problem . |
2 | I have no sympathy for Labour — as ever , it will sell its grandmother and any principle it ever had to get a foot into Number Ten — but it is hard to disagree with the view that they were hard done by . |
3 | Yesterday the EPC , whose 19 members include The Daily Telegraph , said it still intended to run a campaign against advertising restrictions , but did not know when . |
4 | It also sought to initiate a debate on how we can start regenerating the north of England and develop a more balanced nation . |
5 | In addition to the £50,000 that the DHSS contributed towards training and information for the changes , it also agreed to supply a copy of relevant HMSO publications to every bureaux . |
6 | Amber has always been used predominantly for jewellery , but in later times it also served to meet a variety of personal needs such as smoking gear , rosaries and worry beads . |
7 | It also seemed to inspire a sort of motherly affection in others , so that I was more likely to get away with carelessness or naughtiness than were my more physically mature contemporaries . |
8 | It also happened to sell a lot of records , and was great for the company . ’ |
9 | I would like to acknowledge Norman 's excellence because the Garrick was sort of stuck in the past for a long time box set imitation stuff and Norman has sort of revitalized it made it extremely professional and it really did make a difference to the performances and I 'd like |
10 | If you were dealing with a foreign national it often paid to have a representative of a Great Power , like Britain , at your back . |
11 | Swan Hunter 's experience of shipbuilding for the navy makes it well placed to win a contract . |