Example sentences of "it [vb past] [det] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , it produced more smoke than flames and Ridley cried out in pain . |
| 2 | Last year , for the first time , it produced more computers than Hitachi , and took second place in the field to Fujitsu . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It made little difference if a dreadful rash despoiled both little faces . |
| 5 | Masklin ran this sentence through his head again , in case it made any sense when you listened to it a second time . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Well , it made more sense than ‘ good morning ’ . |
| 8 | Last year it made more profit than any of the clearing ( commercial ) banks against which it increasingly competes . |
| 9 | The quatrocentennial Columbus exhibition cost a staggering $30m : it drew more visitors than any previous event in history . |
| 10 | It attracted such sponsors as Sir James Goldsmith , Lords Hanson and White , and Rocco Forte . |
| 11 | With nostrils at the end of a proboscis-like beak , conspicuous ears and unable to fly , it seemed more mammal than bird . |
| 12 | It seemed several days since he had seen the girls ' bodies in their mockery of repose at the embalmer 's shed that morning . |
| 13 | It characterized such children as a potential revolutionary army of the future . |
| 14 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 15 | Particularly impressive was its handling of greyscales — it displayed more subtlety than you 'd expect . |
| 16 | And I think even while we 'd been in Opposition , remember no one knew whether we were going to win or not , it surprised many people when we did , there had been some sort of discreet across-the-fence interest at the professional Civil Service level in some of the concepts that we were developing and I 'd made it a point of writing the occasional pamphlet as our thinking went along to send out smoke signals to everyone including the civil servants as to what we were about . |
| 17 | You see , it needed more strength than an elderly lady or a boy could have . |
| 18 | It included such things as reliability . |
| 19 | It included such items as an ivory Saint Sebastian tied to a tree in the form of a coral branch , something which Gonzalez-Palacios will surely soon locate . |
| 20 | It looked more silver than gold on this dull , overcast day . |
| 21 | On the revenue side it meant such devices as changing the weighting of the staff mix so that a greater proportion of unqualified staff were employed than might ideally have been desired . |
| 22 | It took more courage than she knew she possessed to follow him . |
| 23 | It took more optimism than most people could summon to believe that man could renounce the time-honoured outlet of war utterly and at a stroke . |
| 24 | It took another year before the group felt confident enough to organize its first semi-open event — a disco . |
| 25 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 26 | When replacing the case for example , it took several attempts before it was positioned correctly , and the power button worked properly again . |
| 27 | It took several minutes before they were ready to leave , and even then Mabel hovered in the doorway , saying plaintively , ‘ You wo n't be long , will you ? |
| 28 | It took several weeks before the new trader was able to work out roughly the quantities he needed each morning to satisfy his customers ' needs , and still longer to realise that those needs would vary from day to day |
| 29 | ‘ No , it took some hours before we dragged the body from beneath a mound of soggy corpses . |
| 30 | it took some time before it was explained to them that the French pronunciation of GPT sounded just like ‘ J'ai pété ’ which , as all you Europhiles no doubt know , means ‘ I have broken wind . ’ |