Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] [det] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it 'd got this eggshell in the bottom and they used they would work a a mast a sail on it . |
| 2 | That indeed was the case , with the appearance of another loose intergovernmental structure , a Conference of European Ministers of Transport , which could only suggest and advise — though it did have some success in persuading ten states to sign a convention on cooperation and coordination of their rail networks in 1953 . |
| 3 | The problem in relation to whether the car was new arose because , before the car was delivered to the dealer , it had suffered some damage in a collision in a compound . |
| 4 | By 1907 ITF activity was regarded by the shipowners as sufficiently serious to justify the setting up of an International Shipping Federation " to combat the growing forces of socialism and aggressive trade unionism " , but in reality it had made little progress in establishing international standards and the British market for seamen was still being substantially undercut by lower rates of pay of foreign labour . |
| 5 | The EMS , founded in 1979 , had not collapsed as had been predicted in many quarters , rather it had achieved some success in stabilising exchange rate fluctuations , and in helping to promote convergence of inflation rates . |
| 6 | There was another reason , of course , but he was not prepared to admit even to himself that it had played any part in his decision . |
| 7 | American Express , which has put a ‘ fraud alert ’ warning on its April statements , said it had refunded all complainants in full . |
| 8 | American Express , which has put a ‘ fraud alert ’ warning on its April statements , said it had refunded all complainants in full . |
| 9 | It had lost all faith in China ; it had sided against the leadership which had prevailed ; and now , in its hour of need , it found no prospect of comfort from its own supposedly sovereign power , Britain . |
| 10 | It had interrupted another part in a provincial theatre . |
| 11 | Although the party had secured only 8,360,000 votes compared with the 8,664,000 who voted Conservative , it had won most seats in parliament and it became inevitable that it should form a second minority government , once again relying upon Liberal Party support to keep it in office . |
| 12 | It had happened several times in the weeks since the funeral , and it scared him . |
| 13 | It is hard to believe that it intended to withhold that protection in all cases where a jury might think that the place in question was not necessary or desirable or where the authorities could not by evidence justify their policies to a jury 's satisfaction . |