Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It amalgamated with a boys ' secondary modern in September 1975 to form a mixed comprehensive but retained a strong grammar school ethos amongst a section of the senior teachers . |
| 2 | The Sierra Cosworth was chased along the A5 before it crashed into a police roadblock near Milton Keynes . |
| 3 | It twisted into an origami boat and sailed off towards a sewer inlet . |
| 4 | It consisted of a Personnel Manager , two Personnel Officers , a Training Officer and three clerical staff . |
| 5 | Even after the £383m the bank got from selling a 14.9% stake in itself to the Hongkong Bank and the £1.1 billion it raised from a rights issue and the sale of its Scottish and Irish banks , Midland still struggles to keep its third-world debt provisions up to the level of its rivals . |
| 6 | The slander spread like wildfire and was only checked when the drunk who invented it confessed in a magistrates court . |
| 7 | There were moments when it felt like a portcullis downward-slammed between herself and the human community . |
| 8 | In 1991 , it appeared in a books and manuscripts sale at Phillips where it was bought jointly by the Fine Arts Society and the dealer Michael Whiteway for £13,000 . |