Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] [noun] [noun] " 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 | Airport operator BAA reported it handled 6.8m passengers at its seven airports in May , 1993 2.9pc increase on the May , 1992 figure . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He wrote out cheques from the account to pay his credit card debts , rent arrears and he also used it to clear phone bills and part of £500 taxi bill . |
| 5 | VARI is not a new process — Lotus first used it to make Elite bodies in 1974 . |
| 6 | British brewers do not have to declare the ingredients they use but when American consumers ran a check of Miller Lite they found it contained corn syrup , propylene glycol alginate , papain enzymes and potassium metabisulphite . |
| 7 | She chewed hers and found it contained cod liver oil . |
| 8 | Protesters claimed it promoted child molestation . |
| 9 | The Court , however , ruled on March 19 , 1991 , that the Commission had been within in its powers in invoking Article 90 of the Treaty of Rome , which allowed it to override government objections in such cases [ see p. 36154 ] . |
| 10 | However , when the bill reached the upper house Lord Paignton amended it to let B R bid , for two reasons . |
| 11 | Noah 's statement and the manner in which he delivered it took Arnold Peck aback , but he said haughtily , ‘ I 've never heard of you , sir . ’ |
| 12 | It hit it hit Ian Stringfellow last week and caused Nicky Platten now to pull out at the last minute last night . |
| 13 | If the returns fell it increased labour output ; if they rose it felt no need to do so and opted instead for increased leisure . |
| 14 | She knew it annoyed Mrs. Mott , which was why she had agreed so peaceably to the girls not using the main staircase and the hall of the house to get to their sessions . |
| 15 | However , the United States persuaded it to accept UN Security Council Resolution 242 , giving an assurance that it would ensure that the critical wording ‘ withdrawal from territories captured ’ would mean no more than minor border rectifications . |
| 16 | No I do n't I made it like mug soup not plain soup . |
| 17 | Quite how they ( and others ) did it defeats Mr Foster . |
| 18 | I walked inside and it was just like my granny 's sitting room Not only did it sell teddy boy clothes but there was also a fifties radiogram and fifties wallpaper . |
| 19 | Nor did it assist macroeconomlc management . |
| 20 | Perhaps he did it to hear Mother scream . |
| 21 | He had it named St George 's Church and also had it built in the centre of the village in impeccable Norman style with nave , transepts , chancel , altar , choir stalls , altar rails and tower . |
| 22 | He arranged for it to be bound in silver and , to hide his embarrassment , had it inscribed Risum teneatis , amica — ‘ Restrain your laughter , friends ’ . |
| 23 | NEC said it plans volume production of about 10,000 units a month in the spring of 1994 , increasing to about 30,000 a month by early 1995 . |
| 24 | NEC said it plans volume production of about 10,000 units a month in the spring of 1994 , increasing to about 30,000 a month by early 1995 . |
| 25 | He said it contained engine components . |
| 26 | They said it gave people ideas , Dorcas gathered , which were not a good thing unless they were the right kind of ideas . |
| 27 | John Rodwell , a specialist inspector from the Health and Safety Executive , said it appeared Mr Eaton had been using the burning torch to cut at the edge of the slot at one end of the pipe trying to open it and hot gases could have caused it to become dislodged and fall . |
| 28 | Angela reproduced it using John Oliver paints , then spread it throughout the house on doors , banisters , fireplace surrounds — sometimes even ceilings . |