Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] it [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Loyalty to the group 's famous brands helped it to boost pretax profits by 13.2pc last year to £316.4m from £279.6m in 1990 , although sales grew by just 2.7pc . |
| 2 | The Japanese company 's Bluebird model , the first to be built at its Sunderland factory , never rated : dealers thought it lacked pzazz for executives . |
| 3 | Protesters claimed it promoted child molestation . |
| 4 | If the returns fell it increased labour output ; if they rose it felt no need to do so and opted instead for increased leisure . |
| 5 | This really means relationship by marriage , but naturalists used it to mean family relationship , recognizing that horses and donkeys were closely related even though they denied any actual evolutionary connections . |
| 6 | In 1988 Meekatharra Minerals claimed it found gold above normal limits near Ballymoney , Co , Antrim . |
| 7 | Most atheists were in favour of abolishing blasphemy while nearly all Muslims wanted it to cover Islam . |
| 8 | However the evidence suggests ( see pages 75–6 ) that it is more likely that this decision was reached at a later date , when the force of events made it seem imperative . |