Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It mounted the kerb , where it struck Miss Chui and then carried on to hit a fence and a lamp-post before coming to rest in the middle of Elmstead Road . |
| 2 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 3 | A new station called Birkbeck , was built where it crossed Elmers End Road , but was not sufficiently near the tram route to affect their traffic . |
| 4 | Geoffrey and Anthony were sitting at the end of Penzance Gardens , where it met Princedale Road . |
| 5 | The best portrait of Chaucer was one he had made from life for his patron 's copy of the Regiment of Princes , where it accompanied Hoccleve 's praise of his master . |
| 6 | For the last week they had the company of Violet Anstruther , which Lily found trying , although it perked Alice up . |
| 7 | He reached the milestone in just under three years — but his 109 matches were five more than it took Lewis Jones , of Leeds , to hit the same target in the 1950s . |
| 8 | Again this troubled Joan less than it did Anne , who wished her friend , as she insisted she was , to share everything . |
| 9 | What concerned him more than it did George was that the child would be a boy . |
| 10 | It also put an end to any enjoyment of the meal , because Marguerite seemed to sink into a gloomy silence that worried Jenna far more than it did Alain . |
| 11 | Being a canny tyke , he was n't about to spend his brass on paint , so it became G-EFTE , passing into the hands of present owner Nigel Heaton in late 1991 , after he in turn had sold his beloved Jodel . |
| 12 | Once it threw Lucie half-way across the stage , and he landed on his back at Gabriel 's feet . |
| 13 | I did n't want to do anything so drastic , so I flipped the combination until it read Salome 's birthdate . |
| 14 | I knew the train would n't stop again until it reached London . ’ |
| 15 | The tariff structure strongly discouraged completing the work of refining the sugar until it reached Britain , and there the increasing flow of sugar transformed people 's diet , provided revenue , and launched new industries . |
| 16 | His gaze casually swept up the table instead , skimming the bowed heads and carefully composed expressions until it reached Professor St John Goth , where it stopped short with a sense of shock . |
| 17 | Bobbie stayed on the train until it reached Stackpoole Junction . |
| 18 | The Russian right flank guard was , in any event , beaten and fell into retreat southward until it reached Olschienen and Wallen , more than 32km/20mls away . |
| 19 | After all , Niki did too on occasion — until it brought Niki a recurrence of the Nürburgring nightmare and he never touched another joint in his life . |
| 20 | The third congress of the opposition movement Rukh , held on Feb. 29-March 1 , voted to work for Ukraine 's departure from the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) and to oppose the government if it ignored Rukh 's programme . |
| 21 | If it made Joan happy , fine . |
| 22 | That was not going to help him at all , even if it made Humber happier . |
| 23 | When Pflimlin resigned ( on 28 May ) , Coty took the initiative of inviting de Gaulle to form a government and threatening parliament with his own resignation if it denied de Gaulle . |
| 24 | It would make more sense if it said Tim ran home . |
| 25 | In a statement on July 15 Shamir 's office said that Israel would take a " positive view " of Assad 's reply if it enabled Israel to conduct " direct and unmediated negotiations with Syria " . |
| 26 | ‘ If it meant Eileen was happy . |
| 27 | Fitzormonde stepped away and the bear went back to its meal , shuffling its food into a dirty untidy pile as if it suspected Fitzormonde would like to take it away . |
| 28 | The offer to back BAe if it changed Rover 's corporate plan followed agreement by Lord Young to the £38 million package and further pressure from Professor Smith . |
| 29 | Auque 's news appeared to point to the fact that John was being held by an Iranian-backed group , and in March Hashemi Rafsanjani called a news conference in Tehran during which he repeated his request that Britain should help locate the missing Iranians in Beirut if it wanted Iran to help with the British hostages . |
| 30 | Coun. Pudney said the light rail transit system being considered by Cleveland county council could ease commuter traffic if it linked Guisborough with Middlesbrough , but that had no connection with the bypass which would be part of the county 's primary road network . |