Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A challenge was issued to the AKA membership in their February 1983 issue of AKA News It gave dimensions for an 80 x 96in ( 203 x 244cm ) Rokkaku and described how teams of two or more could fly against each other as in the traditional Japanese events . |
| 2 | Knowing that the carp will not have as much energy as when I first hooked it , I pile on the pressure in no uncertain terms , and the fish swings round and immediately makes for the same lily bed it took refuge in previously . |
| 3 | With its crossed bands of stone , its high arched windows and copper cupola it reminded Dalgliesh of the brick towers he had laboriously erected as a child , brick on precarious brick , until they toppled in noisy disorder on the nursery floor . |
| 4 | With the help of the Greyhound Bank it acquired Dan Air assets but grew quickly as its order book grew . |
| 5 | As part of the rescue operation it left control of the banks with the minority shareholders . |
| 6 | ‘ When it bought my container fleet it put goodwill on the balance sheet to reduce the unit cost ; because the company is not depreciating the goodwill , it increases profits . |