Example sentences of "it [vb past] [det] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It announced this week that it was adding a top rate of 12.5 p.c. to its new Premier Fix account . |
| 2 | Consequently , it produced more smoke than flames and Ridley cried out in pain . |
| 3 | Last year , for the first time , it produced more computers than Hitachi , and took second place in the field to Fujitsu . |
| 4 | It produced more tension and more time away from my family . ’ |
| 5 | It made little difference that these needles had been for injections and not for some sinister Chinese purpose . |
| 6 | It made little difference as York 's full back Richard Stevenson bamboozled Novos with a hat-trick of exciting tries from set piece moves , the fourth being touched down by scrum half Martyn Harrison in the 49th minute . |
| 7 | It made little difference if a dreadful rash despoiled both little faces . |
| 8 | Masklin ran this sentence through his head again , in case it made any sense when you listened to it a second time . |
| 9 | In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security . |
| 10 | Well , it made more sense than ‘ good morning ’ . |
| 11 | Last year it made more profit than any of the clearing ( commercial ) banks against which it increasingly competes . |
| 12 | There are miles of computer imagery in 2010 to fill the video screens on the Leonov , then taken for granted , though it involved much work and Sony technology . |
| 13 | The quatrocentennial Columbus exhibition cost a staggering $30m : it drew more visitors than any previous event in history . |
| 14 | It sucked all warmth and courage from his body , leaving him chilled to the bone and fearful of even the smallest movement in the big house . |
| 15 | Set off with the towing Julie 's car and the tow rope just snapped in two , and it jerked both cars and it cut off the fuel . |
| 16 | It threshed this way and that , as the giant tried , uselessly , to pull free of the Trees ' cruel grip . |
| 17 | It fulfilled all functions and provided all the information that a diver needs in order to eliminate any possible problem areas encountered on a dive . |
| 18 | It rejected any idea that an organisation should ever be created to suit the individual characteristics of people . |
| 19 | It attracted such sponsors as Sir James Goldsmith , Lords Hanson and White , and Rocco Forte . |
| 20 | There it affected many trees and shrubs , including the valuable timber tree Ougenia oojeinensis . |
| 21 | With nostrils at the end of a proboscis-like beak , conspicuous ears and unable to fly , it seemed more mammal than bird . |
| 22 | It seemed several days since he had seen the girls ' bodies in their mockery of repose at the embalmer 's shed that morning . |
| 23 | He said , ‘ It happened this morning but there was no one to send till I came home from school . ’ |
| 24 | It rained that Summer and when you thought it could not rain any more , it rained again . |
| 25 | It rained all day and they played out in the mud and the parents were n't very pleased with me . |
| 26 | The Ramblers ' Association said it welcomed any measures that allowed more people to walk in the countryside , and assistant director David Baskine said : ‘ It is important that the proposals will not offer payment to farmers who own land where public access is already allowed . ’ |
| 27 | It characterized such children as a potential revolutionary army of the future . |
| 28 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 29 | Particularly impressive was its handling of greyscales — it displayed more subtlety than you 'd expect . |
| 30 | Not even hearing the rolling crackle above , she was conscious only of the moving light , as the footsteps began again and it swung this way and that , searching something out . |