Example sentences of "[noun prp] and it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for all his troubles Stephen , an amiable and gallant king , had managed to hold on to England and it took three strange twists of fortune to transform the situation . |
| 2 | The Town Development Act , 1952 , did not apply to Scotland and it became necessary to cope with Glasgow 's housing problem by means of a second New Town . |
| 3 | He enjoyed a good relationship with Acheson and it suited both men for Dulles to be closely involved in policy formulation : Acheson because it would diminish at least some of the acrimony in Congress and Dulles because he wished to consolidate his record so that he could become Secretary of State in the next Republican administration . |
| 4 | ‘ We had looked at the agent in March and it seemed OK , ’ spokesman John Garner says . |
| 5 | oh I like the ones you buy , but I , my mother used to make one every Sunday and it tasted horrible , tasted eggy |
| 6 | A spokeswoman for the album said : ‘ Last year there was a compilation charity record released to coincide with the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and it sold 100,000 copies . |
| 7 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 8 | This is the view cogently expressed by David Holbrook and it had many supporters among numbers in the National Association of Teachers of English . |
| 9 | It was performed at The Lincoln Centre in New York and it got great reviews . |
| 10 | DeFries began to build his MainMan empire in New York and it became obvious it was n't always in support of what David was doing . |
| 11 | It was inspired by Brendan Foster and it brought international athletics to the town and put it on the map . |
| 12 | It was raining when her flight arrived at Heathrow and it rained all the way back to her flat in Islington . |
| 13 | By 1871 , Oldham had more cotton-spinning spindles than any country in the world outside the USA and it maintained that position of superiority until 1937 . |
| 14 | At the time I was in the throes of training Dawn and it seemed obvious that I should do my talk on the owl . |