Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relations between this group and the government had been strained for some years because of the sect 's links with Libya and its occupation of a disputed eight-acre site west of the capital , where it had built a commune . |
| 2 | One example of this were the experiments of Edward L. Thorndyke who put an animal , usually a cat , in a wooden puzzle box where it had to learn a response , e.g. stepping on a lever to unlock the door and get out . |
| 3 | In some regions the transformation had taken place much earlier , as in Kent , or Essex , or Devon , where it had taken a different form altogether , and most of the fields had been reclaimed direct from forest and moorland without passing through the open-field stage at all , or had been enclosed from open field at an early date . |
| 4 | Although it had contained a tory majority since 1812 the mayor was a reformer … |
| 5 | The trem performs all the current tricks , although it did suffer a little from tuning instability at first . |
| 6 | They found that , although it did make a difference in a few cases , most babies got enough iron from solid food to make up for any loss through drinking cow 's milk . |
| 7 | My head did n't hurt at all , although it did feel a bit light . |
| 8 | EWM has no outlets overseas , although it did attempt a joint venture in the US . |
| 9 | If WEU had a role , it was to ensure the closest possible cooperation within NATO , and although it did play a limited role in the Saar settlement , it remained essentially a paper organisation . |
| 10 | By an almost unbelievable contrast , the summit was not even mentioned on the main 8 pm television news in France ( Antenne 2 ) , although it did get a ten second slot as the tenth item on the midnight news bulletin . |
| 11 | For example , " tailoring " , mostly done by men , is usually classified as a skilled trade whereas " dressmaking " , done by women , is usually not , although it did require a formal training . |
| 12 | It was still very active a fed on live foods , although it did lose a lot of weight . |
| 13 | She wished frantically to go faster , and the broomstick sped away ; but as it spurted past , the weathercock made a savage peck at it , and Carol , glancing round , saw that it had snatched a bunch of twigs out with its beak . |
| 14 | Here the new head had recently approached the teacher-librarian in the hope that the school might become involved in the ESSE/L Project , apparently unaware that it had received a Minor award three or so years before . |
| 15 | However , Inravision Television in Bogotá reported on Aug. 13 that it had received a faxed message from the cartel which stated that the truce would remain in force . |
| 16 | Radio France Internationale reported the same day that it had received a communication from the leaders of three Togolese opposition parties protesting that ( the above ) key portfolios had gone to members of Eyadema 's party , the Togolese People 's Rally ( RPT ) , and calling on the HCR not to ratify the list . |
| 17 | UNITED Biscuits , the Edinburgh-based group which is Britain 's biggest biscuits and snacks manufacturer , yesterday confirmed that it had received a serious approach for its Terry 's chocolate company . |
| 18 | The Central Bank of Iraq announced on Sept. 10 , 1989 , that it had imposed a 1 per cent increase in interest rates on savings deposits and bank loans , the first such increase for over eight years . |
| 19 | Last week , a group from Boston 's Joslin diabetes centre announced that it had devised a blood test that can identify children most at risk . |
| 20 | The filmed evidence of Barry smoking crack was undermined by the prevalent opinion that the FBI " sting " operation — in which Moore lured Barry to the hotel and offered him crack — had been over-zealous to the point that it had constituted a form of entrapment . |
| 21 | The observation that it had become a sick bag is credited to … |
| 22 | I suppose it was considered such a terrible thing to say about anyone that it had become a totally taboo concept — even for your worst enemy . |
| 23 | Did that exhibition suggest to you that Pop Art was a thrusting and lively activity with a relevance in contemporary art , or that it had become a comfortable and nostalgic moment in art history ? |
| 24 | However the wealth may have been produced it is evident that it had created a rich landowning class . |
| 25 | Touche Ross announced on Tuesday that it had formed a new international firm , Deloitte Ross Tohmatsu ( DRT ) without Deloitte UK . |
| 26 | Ratsiraka 's concessions followed seven weeks of strikes and demonstrations organized by the opposition Comité de forces vives , a coalition of 16 opposition parties , which on June 21 announced that it had formed a " provisional government " [ see p. 38277 ] . |
| 27 | However , before that , in December , AWSD announced internally that it had cut a similar deal with IBM 's Entry Systems Technology Group to set up a Personal RISC Systems joint venture to design , build and market all of the company 's PowerPC-based goods as well as such items as the X terminals and PC-priced M20 baby RS/6000s introduced last week . |
| 28 | On Aug. 1 the government announced that it had discovered a coup plot . |
| 29 | The Ministry of the Interior had announced on June 11 that it had discovered a plot to assassinate Chamorro , Lacayo and the Army C.-in-C. , Gen. Humberto Ortega Saavedra . |
| 30 | Last November the company admitted that it had discovered a series of accounting errors by the subsidiary 's finance director that had overstated stock figures to boost profits from 1989 . |