Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Doyle 's experience it rarely helped to develop the human side of the ‘ rehabilitated ’ man . |
| 2 | SAVAK was to develop a fearsome reputation both at home and abroad — indeed , it eventually came to symbolize the excess of all secret-police societies . |
| 3 | She tried to make a movement of resistance , but it only seemed to aid the passage of his touch . |
| 4 | And it only managed to pay an interim dividend of 2.75p , compared to 5.5p last time . |
| 5 | So it only remained to find a suitable present . |
| 6 | It only missed hitting an oncoming white sports-car by inches and by the swiftness of the young sports-car-driver 's reaction . |
| 7 | He felt attached to it so had tattooed the name in his right armpit where it matched the oriental dragon rampaging over the inside of his bicep . |
| 8 | There was little mirth among the film crew , least of all from Raymond Cusick whose job it suddenly became to pull a last minute rabbit out of the hat . |
| 9 | It suddenly began to close the distance between them and Chrissie felt her heart beat increasing to an almost violent rate . |
| 10 | It suddenly started to make the long-drawn-out screaming noise of bits of metal in distress . |
| 11 | In better days , however , it merely served to guarantee the privacy of the sovereigns and as a diversion for the Prince Imperial who enjoyed running up and down it when he came to play with his parents . |
| 12 | For our purpose it is important to note that it merely threatened to dent the Treasury ascendancy over economic policy-making . |
| 13 | However , it entirely failed to consider the far more important question of whether the definition should be extended for the crimes of obtaining sexual intercourse by threats or false pretences . |
| 14 | It just seemed to form the basis of how it was going to be . |
| 15 | It nevertheless managed to run a good ( television ) election campaign . |
| 16 | ‘ Most textile plants are built near a big sewerage plant , not in the middle of the countryside like ours , ’ explained Dai Jones , whose responsibility it soon became to find a means of solving the problem . |
| 17 | I have no sympathy for Labour — as ever , it will sell its grandmother and any principle it ever had to get a foot into Number Ten — but it is hard to disagree with the view that they were hard done by . |
| 18 | They were new colonies which were produced by the existing colonies , even if in no friendly spirit , and the possibility that colonies could produce new colonies was likely to make the task of the government in London even harder if it ever tried to impose a unified colonial policy . |
| 19 | As we understand it , nothing has changed in Japan but it still managed to make the news and push the share price higher , so that it ended the month in much the same place as it began . |
| 20 | Yesterday the EPC , whose 19 members include The Daily Telegraph , said it still intended to run a campaign against advertising restrictions , but did not know when . |
| 21 | Although it hardly seemed to notice the Hooligan affair , and its only immediate response was a front-page poem ‘ Hot Weather and Crime ’ which can only have been intended as a slap in the face for The Times leader on ‘ The Weather and the Streets ’ : The message was clear enough : if it took crime and violence to attract the attention of the mighty to the lives of the poor , then so be it . |
| 22 | It also had to tackle the challenge of ensuring international oil operators knew of the capabilities of local suppliers . |
| 23 | It also had to solve the problem of ‘ hidden lines ’ : how do you tell the computer not to draw those lines that the eye would not be able to see ? |
| 24 | It also had to keep the numbers of capped authorities to manageable proportions to prevent civil servants from being overloaded by the administrative burden of determining — and redetermining in the event of appeal — rate levels under the selective scheme . |
| 25 | It also sought to initiate a debate on how we can start regenerating the north of England and develop a more balanced nation . |
| 26 | It also agreed to simplify the rules governing the trade of sensitive technology between members of COCOM , a question that was of particular interest to members of the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 27 | In addition to the £50,000 that the DHSS contributed towards training and information for the changes , it also agreed to supply a copy of relevant HMSO publications to every bureaux . |
| 28 | It also meant living a certain philosophy . |
| 29 | Moreover , it also meant recognising the independent existence of East Germany , which the Soviets had declared to be a sovereign state in 1955 . |
| 30 | It also threatened to upset the substantive agreement on the " cohesion fund " for the benefit of poorer EC member states ; under the May 2 agreement EFTA countries were to contribute ECU 2,000 million , 27 per cent of which was Switzerland 's share . |