Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the first results could be a speeding-up of drilling at the huge oilfield it recently discovered west of Shetland , according to John Browne , chief executive for worldwide exploration operations . |
| 2 | For reasons to be explained , the original legislation was found to be defective , and was amended in 1976 ( and placed into the legislative context of the Public Order Act 1936 ) , but even after amendment it still gave rise to complaints that it fell short of the aspirations of its promoters in its effects . |
| 3 | Its latest figures show that on £1.2bn of business it only made £18m profit . |
| 4 | It said that during the quarter it greatly improved product delivery time to its resellers , and recorded the highest volume quarter in its history . |
| 5 | Suddenly , the pole thumped so hard into an unseen object it almost dislodged Maggie . |
| 6 | They had such a tiny life cycle it still had trainer wheels on it . |
| 7 | The goal was doubly harmful for the way it temporarily drained confidence from a Scotland team who had started the game far from traumatised by the size of the task that confronted them . |
| 8 | When I tried to explain to them about the golf-ball it only made matters worse . |
| 9 | They can also carry on getting credit through a special ‘ debtor-in-possession ’ facility : when Campeau , a highly leveraged Canadian-owned retailer , filed for chapter 11 last year it quickly got $700m of credit , which kept its Federated and Allied stores open for business . |
| 10 | and the first sort of thing they ever had was just like a little screen it just went blip and that 's it , all they could tell you was there was something in their vicinity , it could n't tell you what direction it was or what height or anything . |
| 11 | Bella 's slander about drink baffled him , but at the same time it queerly took root , until he did indeed start boozing a good deal . |