Example sentences of "[Wh adv] it [vb past] [n mass] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ I can see how it got people 's backs up , ’ says Lesley . |
2 | and all that sort of thing and how it affected people buying furniture because there was a very high luxury tax |
3 | How it proved people had to be saved financially before you could save their souls . |
4 | The company 's most profitable year was 1990 when it made $7,246,667 , compared to $4,058,160 in 1989 . |
5 | The US Federal Reserve prompted a fall in market interest rates to 8 ¼ per cent yesterday when it injected $2billion into the banking system . |
6 | The company does not have a sparkling financial story to tell — it lost £1.7m pre-tax on turnover of £12.5m in the year to September 30 , and its only profitable period in four years was the nine months to September 1991 , when it did £684,000 pre-tax on sales of £9.6m . |
7 | There have been several cases in the past where it appeared people were acting out violent scenes from films . |