Example sentences of "it [vb past] [det] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds |
| 2 | When the same species was found occupying two separate territories , it made more sense to work out how it could have migrated from one to the other than to assume that it had been created independently in each area . |
| 3 | There were n't , we did it singly and it made more people did n't it ? |
| 4 | She only had one cow , it was all she could afford , but it provided enough milk to go with the porridge in the morning and the potatoes at other meals . |
| 5 | In 1976 the Layfield Report , Local Government Finance , suggested that a local income tax should supplement the rates , although it listed many difficulties associated with such a venture . |
| 6 | It estimated that total earning losses from Jan. 17 to Feb. 10 were more than US$130,500,000 and that exports had dropped by 95 per cent during the same period . |
| 7 | But what it signified neither man knew . |
| 8 | As the media caught on to this aspect of the cult , it caused some skins to leave the movement and more violent people to join it . |
| 9 | And Creggan followed her helpless gaze , out past the bars to the great sky itself and it seemed that direction came suddenly to him at last . |
| 10 | No one had written Filmer in any other way : it seemed that gaunt-face had n't gained entry by giving Filmer 's name , at least . |
| 11 | It seemed that Fen had made the same resolution . |
| 12 | It seemed that danger lurked in the ever-present shadows . |
| 13 | Charlie 's office was small and poky and lightless and overcrowded , but the number of possible hiding places was limited and it seemed that she-d tried them all . |
| 14 | In effect , it seemed that notice had been served that the EEC was a successful operation . |
| 15 | Er so as it happened this girl had got the material erm a wild silk cream and er Elizabeth made up this dress for her of course er Michael Caine 's daughter i is quite a busty girl , you know |
| 16 | As it happened this period coincided with the arrival in Vancouver of Andrew Allan , later one of Canada 's all time great producers , and he was accompanied by his ‘ unofficial fiancee ’ that talented actress Judith Evelyn . |
| 17 | It regained some bounce to end the week nudging DM3.0400 . |
| 18 | On the one hand , the local situation and knowledge about it encouraged some people to retire at the same time as they were made redundant . |
| 19 | More hearteningly it showed that teasing seemed to decrease as pupils got to know each other better as classmates , and despite the possibility of teasing most of the children interviewed welcomed the social breadth of the integrated setting . |
| 20 | the argument was continuous and as it developed both sides changed their positions . |
| 21 | And now , despite the fact that he 'd held her in his arms , it needed little imagination to guess that he did n't quite trust her . |
| 22 | It needed more lights to make it brighter . |
| 23 | He was joined by Peter Sheppard a few years later when it became apparent that so much information was potentially available from flight recorders that it needed another man to help interpret all the data . |
| 24 | It needed some spark to concentrate his mind , something to take him out of the ruck . |
| 25 | Weighing in at 91 lbs , it broke all records winning the All Africa , Kenya and all tackle record . |
| 26 | 84% felt it covered all aspects associated with the subject matter . |
| 27 | She managed the ice-cream dessert a bit better — it required little effort to swallow — though she could n't taste a thing . |
| 28 | It required much experimentation to determine the properties of air , mercury , alcohol and other thermometric substances , as well as devising methods for constructing and calibrating instruments . |
| 29 | I thought it required more teachers caring about their subjects as much as he obviously did . |
| 30 | It urged all states to adhere to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) and called for more effective international controls and monitoring facilities to establish compliance with the treaty . |