Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it turned out , Kurt Stengel who designed it worked day and night to get the image just right . |
| 2 | Airport operator BAA reported it handled 6.8m passengers at its seven airports in May , 1993 2.9pc increase on the May , 1992 figure . |
| 3 | As they dismounted it crossed Floy 's mind that the longer they could delay , the better chance Fenella and Caspar had of catching them up . |
| 4 | As she put away the cutlery and was so sorry for herself , she found it made things easier if she dramatised them . |
| 5 | British brewers do not have to declare the ingredients they use but when American consumers ran a check of Miller Lite they found it contained corn syrup , propylene glycol alginate , papain enzymes and potassium metabisulphite . |
| 6 | She chewed hers and found it contained cod liver oil . |
| 7 | Once her mother , talking of Christmas , had said that as a child she had herself received no presents , as it had never occurred to anyone to buy such things — but that one year her elder brother , thinking to tease her , had hung at the end of her bed a stocking , and that when , excited , she had sprung to open it , she found it contained ashes from last night 's grate . |
| 8 | But I found it collected dust in a corner . |
| 9 | Protesters claimed it promoted child molestation . |
| 10 | The ancient Chinese claimed it promoted longevity and an Egyptian papyrus from 1500 BC recommends garlic for 22 different complaints such as headaches , sore throats and physical weakness . |
| 11 | In 1988 Meekatharra Minerals claimed it found gold above normal limits near Ballymoney , Co , Antrim . |
| 12 | Inevitably , as capitalism developed it made sense to introduce more machinery , to move to a division of labour and to a conveyor-belt system of production . |
| 13 | But these were rare occurrences , and when later a longstanding relationship developed it brought frustration and irritation rather than contentment . ’ |
| 14 | Noah 's statement and the manner in which he delivered it took Arnold Peck aback , but he said haughtily , ‘ I 've never heard of you , sir . ’ |
| 15 | She called it graduated henna . |
| 16 | It hit it hit Ian Stringfellow last week and caused Nicky Platten now to pull out at the last minute last night . |
| 17 | It was too heavy to turn in the wind , but it mattered little to know which way the wind was blowing : wherever it blew it blew word of the miraculous pageant and the Angel Gabriel . |
| 18 | Traditionally , when a British company said that , it meant it wanted 90% . |
| 19 | Traditionally , when a British company said that , it meant it wanted 90% . |
| 20 | As the fish died it changed colours like a rainbow , and he left his body and has never really returned to it . |
| 21 | Those who managed it had access to information and carefully sifted opinion . |
| 22 | She saw it had wok en further into its power , for the light was visible , washing through the dark ; it sighed like the sea . |
| 23 | An informant from Aberdeen , where the last women were still working up until the 1950s , told me that these elderly women sometimes had little to do , were regarded rather as passengers and had to put up with rather disparaging remarks , but were kept on until retirement age by the firm , which felt it had obligations towards them . |
| 24 | Aged 28 , Lesley claims not to be a natural competitor and in fact as a teenager dropped out of a PE teacher training course as she felt it made sport too serious and took the fun away . |
| 25 | He regretted the Ryans ' intractability because he felt it made Eileen unhappy . |
| 26 | If the returns fell it increased labour output ; if they rose it felt no need to do so and opted instead for increased leisure . |
| 27 | When I saw my picture on the front page of the local newspaper I knew it meant trouble . ’ |
| 28 | During the day if the whistle blew , she knew it meant death — somebody 's poppa or brother , perhaps her own — in that fearsome place below the ground , the mine . |
| 29 | Yet the table still looked bare , and suddenly she knew it needed flowers . |
| 30 | She knew it annoyed Mrs. Mott , which was why she had agreed so peaceably to the girls not using the main staircase and the hall of the house to get to their sessions . |