Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We used it to heal sword cuts in the Holy Land , ’ he said . |
| 2 | They obtained it using observations made by the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Ultraviolet Explorer ( IUE ) satellite . |
| 3 | She mentally steeled herself for the long evening ahead , but , as it turned out , it was n't nearly as long as she had anticipated because towards the end of the evening she heard a sharp knocking on the door , and opened it to find André standing outside , a huge bunch of flowers in his arms . |
| 4 | Inevitably , as capitalism developed it made sense to introduce more machinery , to move to a division of labour and to a conveyor-belt system of production . |
| 5 | It asked the Moldavian Supreme Soviet to review its August 1989 language law " in order to protect the interests of all nationalities " , and ordered it to adopt legislation ensuring equal rights for all citizens . |
| 6 | He said he was nineteen years old ; he also said he was an orphan , but they all said that , they thought it made people pay more . |
| 7 | He thought it wasted time to have official committees pre-processing options before they came before ministerial groups . |
| 8 | Browning , who revived it in the late nineteenth century , thought it showed Smart rising from sanity to transfiguration , or , as Rossetti put it , from Earth to Heaven . |
| 9 | Supply problems during the war made it seem madness to postpone further the steps necessary to improve communications and construct strategic railways . |
| 10 | He argued that the public did not stand at the box-office window and demand dramas with happy endings or which mixed pathos and humour , nor did it demand comedy made up of ‘ slapstick ’ , ‘ gags ’ with ‘ three or so dashes of serious situation and a bit of irony to top off ’ . |
| 11 | How did it feel Jenny asking a load of questions ? |
| 12 | Did it pass resolutions to spend more money and get itself organised to ensure that the police could run themselves properly ? |
| 13 | Nor did it allow families to get the car very close to the house as they preferred to do . |
| 14 | Why did it allow nomads to raid land-trains , and scumniks to raid techs , and upper-hab brats to descend wreaking wanton mischief ? |
| 15 | Nor did it need riots to provoke these swan-songs for the old traditions . |
| 16 | How long did it take lightning to strike ? |
| 17 | how , how long did it take Mick to sort it out ? |
| 18 | How long did it take Mick to sort a route out ? |
| 19 | Barrie Lamb , chairman of Darlington Railway Preservation Society , said it meant Darlington had lost out on a major attraction to the North-East . |
| 20 | And Barrie Lamb , chairman of the Darlington Railway Preservation Society , said it meant Darlington had lost the chance of a major tourist attraction . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Nine out of 10 said it made sense to carry condoms ‘ just in case ’ . |
| 23 | The way he said it made Sally feel like a parcel for delivery . |
| 24 | Irvine , California-based Western Digital Corp has filed a patent infringement suit against Conner Peripherals Inc over a patent relating to intelligent disk drives — last year Conner and Alps Electric USA Ltd bought the patents of the bankrupt PrairieTek Corp and Western Digital said it expected Conner to sue it based on two of these PrairieTek patents and on two patents developed by Conner , and its own suit is a pre-emptive strike . |
| 25 | Sealink said it faced modification costs on its fleet of 12 vessels . |