Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] [prep] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When that ‘ civilised ’ society realised that science creates problems as well as solving them , it gladly turned to space-gods and their companions . |
| 2 | ‘ We want to see it properly regulated with guidelines for doctors . ’ |
| 3 | I lunged for the computer which contained my first four hard-laboured chapters , and it literally burst into flames at my touch . |
| 4 | Set in the prohibition era , it gleefully played with conventions , maximised Monroe 's diaphanous ( cf the scene where she attempts to arouse the supposedly impotent Curtis ) and coaxed a manic , uproarious turn from Lemmon , on the run from gangsters , disguised as a woman and pursued by a randy millionaire . |
| 5 | Sometimes it just rushed round things ; other times it flattened all in its path then picked up the debris and flung it away . |
| 6 | It soon ran into problems . |
| 7 | It was built successfully but two attempts to emulate and balance it soon ran into difficulties . |
| 8 | It finally agreed to changes in the Data sheet in June 1982 , shortly before escalating concern among doctors forced the withdrawal of the drug altogether . |
| 9 | It had been exhumed from Locked Safe no. 5 where it usually stood between Pranks of Priapus and The Grecian Way of Love . |
| 10 | It also resulted in inequalities of provisions across different regions and in duplications of responsibilities . |
| 11 | It also warned against thieves at stations and advised that possessions should not be left near carriage windows . |
| 12 | It also called on doctors to boycott drugs produced by ICI , one of the world 's major producers of ozone-destroying chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) . |
| 13 | It also called for observers to be deployed on the borders of Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 14 | It also complained of gaps in the information provided by the US Customs shipping records used for the study , the only public source of data on pesticide exports : the names of more than 74% of the 477 million pounds of pesticides exported in 1991 were not recorded . |
| 15 | At his death Burghley 's silver and gold plate was worth £14,000–£15,000 ; much of it probably came from gifts made by aspirants for favour . |
| 16 | In 1779 it was the more radical of the parliamentary reformers and in 1790 it probably told against supporters of the third effort to do away with religious tests that they tried such unconventional methods . |
| 17 | Moreover it inevitably ran into difficulties and criticism in the early 1980s when the American economy was in serious trouble — with a steep rise in oil prices and no agreement on how to conserve energy , and with inflation , unemployment and interest rates all running at a high level . |
| 18 | As the match progressed , it increasingly looked like men against boys as the wily Russians slowed the pace and silenced the Kop . |
| 19 | A Colour Atlas of AIDS was the first book of its kind : written by a team of physicians at the forefront of AIDS research in Britain it comprehensively described in words and outstanding colour photography all aspects of this pandemic disease from epidemiology to transmission and prevention . |
| 20 | It then fell by stages to its present level . |
| 21 | It was obviously old , but so corroded that it almost fell to pieces in my hand . |
| 22 | ‘ In uncertain conditions it sometimes resulted in roads being gritted unnecessarily , and turning out the gritting teams costs £3,000 a time . |