Example sentences of "it [vb past] [vb infin] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sidestepped nervously , reared , and the slave leading it let go of the rein . |
| 2 | But it did result in a 20% saving on commercial pig feed and also served to recover much of the lost nutrients in the ditches and to reduce eutrophication problems downstream . |
| 3 | It did mention in the , the sort of packet that maybe feel cold with cold hands and what have you . |
| 4 | SO , in the end , it did finish with a whimper and not a bang . |
| 5 | I felt that on this particular piece it did struggle through the heartwood at times , especially on the figure 's right-hand side as this was extremely hard in places , with dense interlocking grain where a branch or branches had formed . |
| 6 | The joke was hardly likely to have them holding their ribs in Helsinki but it did reflect on the inordinate importance that gambling plays in the lives of Scottish footballers . |
| 7 | It d it did depend on the t run that we had . |
| 8 | Erm and with the housing people putting the type of people they put in there , it did lead to a lot of problems . |
| 9 | It was so radical that in later centuries it did lead to the abolition of slavery in the Western world . |
| 10 | I thought the half bottle of wine we left was symbolic of the extravagant life I was now entering , though I must admit it did go against the grain and I did think vaguely of ‘ bowser bottles ’ . |
| 11 | There was no doubt that if it did spread to the nearest stack it would set the whole hayfield alight in a very short time . |
| 12 | Before very long , however , it did open in the West End . |
| 13 | In fact for only 13 per cent was it not much of a whole-school effort , suggesting that mostly it did operate in the way intended . |
| 14 | Thus , in Gregory 's Histories the Council of Mâcon in 585 was expected to deal with a quarrel between bishops Bertram of Bordeaux and Palladius of Saintes , and it did deal with the theology of a certain unnamed bishop who thought that the word homo in the Bible did not apply to women . |
| 15 | Since women had for centuries been instructed to use the masculine possessive pronoun when referring to the whole human race , why should n't there be some belated corrective action , even if it did stick in a few ( masculine ) throats ? |
| 16 | Recently books have been written querying the efficiency and use of Bomber Command aircraft in the night bombing of Germany , and asking whether it did help in the final defeat or whether in fact it made little difference . |
| 17 | For reasons which are both obscure and immaterial , there was considerable delay in this report coming to the attention of the local authority having the care of J. When in January 1992 it did come to the authority 's notice , Dr. I. was asked to provide a further up to date report and in addition the authority obtained a second opinion from Dr. R. , a consultant paediatric neurologist with a London teaching hospital . |
| 18 | Yes , yes , it , it did curl with the grass did n't it ? |
| 19 | Also contrary to the speculations of media sociologists , television not only failed to determine what the electorate thought , it also failed to determine what they thought about , though it did communicate to the electorate what the parties were fighting about . |
| 20 | I knew the single-storey building from memory , standing as it did close to the dividing line with the Amal-controlled suburb of Chiyah in southern Beirut . |
| 21 | He did so in this case ( deciding that it did amount to a material change of use ) . |
| 22 | Columbia Square was built on principles similar to the Thanksgiving and Peabody buildings ; but it did allow for a club room and a covered area where children might play on wet days , where Roberts had avoided communal amenities , questioning whether the working class would have time to enjoy them . |
| 23 | ‘ It did say in the paper she was between thirty and forty , well nourished and well dressed . ’ |
| 24 | No , but I 'll come onto some effects that it did have in a moment . |