Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , Mrs Tremayne had driven into Penzance and it meant leaving Mrs Carrow alone with her child . ’ |
| 2 | Assertion of the principle served to do away with the monarch 's previously claimed powers to suspend or dispense with acts of Parliament and it served to deny judges the power to strike down measures . |
| 3 | In the years between 300 and 550 there was much work of codification and it began to take shape under Theodosius the Great in the Western Empire in 438 . |
| 4 | ‘ To an extent , but the song always aroused a lot of interest and it seemed to capture people 's imaginations . |
| 5 | The discipline had thus successfully established and maintained the continuity of the English genius as an at once moral , human ( i.e. engendered ) , and poetic force ; and it had developed procedures for regulating the admissibility of particular fictional works to this field of predominantly male-to-male discourse . |
| 6 | He 'd said something similar once before and it had made Ronni feel a tiny bit guilty . |
| 7 | My father-in-law had moved the money into the Pyramid Building Society in Melbourne , which was offering the best interest rates available at the time , and it had gone bust . |
| 8 | It was a verdict which had fired many a nationalistically minded but hitherto passive young Irishman to join the IRA , and it had prodded Denis into convincing himself that the time had come for him to stop wavering and take an active role in his country 's struggle . |
| 9 | He was working at ICI Billingham at the time and it had become habit , from his days as a London businessman , to wear a flower . |
| 10 | He had passed by the very spot only the other day , and it had brought tears to his eyes . |
| 11 | His mind had been prepared for an impossible radiance and it had taken time to absorb a new set of signals . |
| 12 | And if that was you know you could , I supp , you could argue that the French revolution had been built on notions of liberalism and it had encouraged nationalism in Europe . |
| 13 | It fluctuated , through the manoeuvres of the press groups , and it tended to attract publicity . |
| 14 | If Alice or Bert filled it with hot water and it leaked causing injury , would either of them have an action ? |
| 15 | The fire had died down to a dull glow and Patrick was just beginning to doze off when there was a soft knock on the door , and it opened to admit Jane , the younger of the two maids , carrying a large tea tray . |
| 16 | Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter . |
| 17 | But before the other woman could respond , there was a confident rap at the door and it opened to admit Tom himself , looking harried and slightly out of breath . |
| 18 | that 's all it was , like the old booklets and it used have week beginning Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , Friday all the way along and they used to write their homework in , what they had to do |
| 19 | But it is pure silk encrusted with sequins and it did give Yul Brynner a regal air when he wore it in The King And I in 1956 . |
| 20 | Deciding this was a success , last autumn Marlow announced a £37m investment to expand annual production six-fold at its Stokesley plant in Cleveland from 1,200 to 7,000 tonnes , and it decided to make Quorn au naturel available nationwide . |