Example sentences of "it [vb past] [noun] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Charles I sold the manor to the City of London in 1628 to raise finance , after which it changed hands several times until the Bethell family of Rise held it through most of the 17th and 18th centuries . |
| 2 | By the 18th century the castle was beginning to fall into disrepair , and in the 19th century it changed hands several times . |
| 3 | He showed a particular liking for Richard who took full advantage of the situation , though it caused Edward some uneasiness . |
| 4 | When it downgraded Italy this week , the rating agency said it feared that future governments might fail to pursue the tough policies needed to bring Italian public spending under control . |
| 5 | When Cooper lobbied government to get rid of him it persuaded M.P.s that Cooper just had a bee in bonnet and was not to be taken seriously . |
| 6 | The EEC offered West Germany and its booming economy a huge outlet for its industrial goods , in the same way as it offered France some export benefits for its large agricultural sector . |
| 7 | It took Daphne several attempts to explain what ‘ riding to hounds ’ actually meant , though she had to admit that even Eliza Doolittle would have been hard pushed to understand fully why they bothered with the exercise in the first place . |
| 8 | It took Corky all day to get this far and then he fainted in front of the C64 ! |
| 9 | It took Stephanie some time to realise that she always refused what was offered at the time when it was offered , whether out of a curious notion of good manners or out of cussedness Stephanie was never wholly sure . |
| 10 | When the call finally came , it took Zen several moments to realize that the phone was n't ringing in Sue Ellen 's en suite boudoir but in the dingy pool-room at the end of the bar , where a pack of the local rogue males were playing throwing-billiards . |
| 11 | It took Ted several seconds to realize the car was moving . |
| 12 | Thus , it took subjects less time to decide that the following sentences had a different meaning : |
| 13 | It took Hazel some trouble to learn to grip half a carrot in his mouth and carry it , like a dog , across the field and back to the warren . |
| 14 | It took George several hours to get used to the fact that I was deceitful and irresponsible , but eventually he agreed that we might as well get as good a price as we could — £10 , he thought , if they had n't spotted the broken springs . |
| 15 | Jill returned , saying that it was Mrs Mellings , for her father , and it took Alice some moments to realise that this must be her mother , not the new Mrs Mellings , who at this moment would be already on her way to the pleasures of a weekend in Kent . |
| 16 | It took AI several months to compile details of the killings , but prisoners released in March 1991 provided information and themselves bore scars from torture . |
| 17 | Although Jane 's hereditary claim was weak , she was initially recognized as queen in many parts of the realm , and it took Mary several weeks to organize an effective coup d'état and take control of the throne . |
| 18 | SunSoft company claims it did 35% more business on Interactive Unix in 1992 than in the previous year , when the Interactive Systems Corp unit was still owned by Eastman Kodak . |
| 19 | SunSoft company claims it did 35% more business on Interactive Unix in 1992 than in the previous year , when the Interactive Systems Corp unit was still owned by Eastman Kodak Co . |
| 20 | A further importance of abortion was that it gave women some control over their own fertility , especially given the hostility of many men to birth control . |
| 21 | In May 1337 a splendid embassy left for the Low Countries ; by a mixture of economic bribery ( in the form of direct subsidies , the promise of wool , or important trading concessions ) it won Edward some allies . |