Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] it [verb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The package itself did not control the line , nor did it tell operators and management what action to take when things went wrong . |
| 2 | The Realpolitik of Berlin detached the definition of the new Germany from Germanism — it did not include all Germans nor did it exclude non-Germans . |
| 3 | Nor did it need riots to provoke these swan-songs for the old traditions . |
| 4 | Nor did it allow families to get the car very close to the house as they preferred to do . |
| 5 | It had no business goodwill and was not permitted to trade ; nor did it have shareholders ; ( 5 ) in failing to take proper account of the fact that it logically followed that if a local government corporation could sue for libel in respect of its governing reputation then so too could any institution of central government ( including , for example , a government department which was a statutory corporation such as the Department of the Environment ) ; ( 6 ) in the premises in considering that there was no uncertainty or ambiguity in English law in relation to the extent to which local authorities might sue for libel . |
| 6 | The unconscious blackmail threat levelled at his parents — he would marry Sien unless they accepted him as he was — had n't resulted in his expulsion , but nor had it improved matters . |
| 7 | Colin bought the cordite and used it to light fires with . |
| 8 | When he closed the account , he transferred this to another account and used it to pay chambers ' expenses . |
| 9 | He had taken a sheet of writing paper from the desk and used it to make notes during the meeting . |
| 10 | The Science Museum , which owns the airfield , admitted it 's had to increase the amount it charges the Association , and said it regretted plans to pull out . |
| 11 | Last night AA Roadwatch urged drivers to take care in the icy conditions and said it anticipated problems with heavy traffic during the holiday period . |
| 12 | Ian then set Jo 's hair using the Pin-curl technique and styled it using products from the Schwarzkopf Silhouette professional range . |