Example sentences of "it [vb past] [vb pp] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It had given us stability for the past forty years .
2 In that first parliament of his , immediately after his coronation , he had refrained from asking for money , had even prided himself on his princely forbearance , and believed it had won him friends and trust .
3 I 'd just had an idea for a way of doing Lear and it had brought me luck .
4 It had taken them ages to get back from the Lock and now the evening was drawing in .
5 Nearly all of them had germinated , although it had taken them weeks and weeks to do so .
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