Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our survey rates Shell most highly for its management quality , where it took first place ( see table 3 ) . |
| 2 | The 80860 also formed the basis of Oki Electric 's server line until it folded last month . |
| 3 | Until it slipped last year , British manufacturers ' share of the volume of world exports had been broadly stable at 7% since 1981 , after falling continuously since the 1950s . |
| 4 | The social welfare and material benefits which the imperialist state could grant to workers in Britain and Germany at the turn of the twentieth century allowed capitalism to survive because it divided Third World workers from their similarly exploited , if differently rewarded , working-class brethren in the industrialised centre of the world economy . |
| 5 | So because it worked last time I used it . |
| 6 | The show has failed to appear in any TV popularity charts and eight of the original cast of virtual unknowns have been axed since it began last summer . |
| 7 | The BMA 's understanding when it left last Wednesday 's talks , he said , was that that no longer applied . |
| 8 | Racal proved this conclusively when it announced last spring that it was planning to sell off part of the Vodafone mobile telecoms operation . |
| 9 | ‘ The Michelangelo computer virus that received worldwide attention last year is expected to cause even fewer problems this Saturday than it did when it struck last year , a team of IBM researchers said ’ . |
| 10 | Reputedly in poor condition when it surfaced last year ‘ glossed and cleaned up ’ was one description the painting has been consigned from the Wernher Collection at Luton Hoo , Bedfordshire . |
| 11 | The Ren & Stimpy Show , featuring possibly the most deranged comic duo in years , became an instant cult hit when it appeared last autumn in pilot form on cable channel Nickleodeon . |
| 12 | They doubt whether the Court of Appeal would reach the same conclusion today as it had last year about the reliability of the convictions , since the Guildford case had raised questions on the adequacy of reviews of possible wrongful conviction . |
| 13 | The team certainly lived up to its reputation as it whipped first place from under the noses of the Golden Wonder team at the end of the last game . |
| 14 | The National Gallery must be very satisfied to have concluded as it did last week . |
| 15 | Not surprisingly , it occasionally mislays one or two , as it did last week . |
| 16 | It will act as it did last Friday , with determination and sensitivity . |
| 17 | Will the outswinger still swing as late as it did last summer ? ’ |