Example sentences of "it [vb past] [det] [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | It produced more tension and more time away from my family . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It threshed this way and that , as the giant tried , uselessly , to pull free of the Trees ' cruel grip . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | There it affected many trees and shrubs , including the valuable timber tree Ougenia oojeinensis . |
| 8 | It rained that Summer and when you thought it could not rain any more , it rained again . |
| 9 | It rained all day and they played out in the mud and the parents were n't very pleased with me . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The edged weapons section included some rather unusual items such as a fairly massive French parade axe circa 1849 ; elaborately decorated with skull and crossed bones , a dying lion and the Légion d'Honneur , it aroused some interest and sold for £1,700 against an estimate of £500-£700 . |
| 12 | It covered all land and air forces , but not paramilitary forces , on which the treaty framework provided only for an exchange of views to take place . |
| 13 | It included several hamlets and scattered farms within its bounds as well as the village that was clustered close to the church and the ruined castle . |
| 14 | World heavyweight boxing ends the year much as it started this year and almost every other year — in total chaos . |
| 15 | We continued with our three-man tent , a Phoenix Phor-3 , and I must say , the extra space was much appreciated on several occasions , not least on 6 August when it snowed all day and I thrashed Pete at cards . |
| 16 | The CIA-backed contra war was an inconsequential affair in world terms , although it brought much destruction and suffering to the Nicaraguans themselves . |
| 17 | When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again . |
| 18 | This was a rather simplistic interpretation of the many disagreements which affected political life , but it contained some truth and helped to explain why France was unable to create a British or American-style two-party system : the question of authoritarianism and democracy in the constitution , which had divided Frenchmen since the Revolution , had again served to divide the country in the constitutional debates of 1946 ; the role of the Roman Catholic Church in national life divided the Christian Democrats from the other leading parties ; and questions of class conflict were particularly apparent in early 1947 in differences over wage levels . |
| 19 | down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday |
| 20 | Wheat was favoured , not merely because of its immediate importance as a basic food , but because it demanded least capital and least care , even where it meant wretched cultivations : only one-tenth of the cereal secano was farmed in regular rotations of wheat and legumes ; a quarter was cultivated only once every six or ten years . |
| 21 | At first they were quite crude and it took little skill and expertise to forge the signature , and then fraudulently put them to financial advantage . |
| 22 | Her imperial era was over , though it took another decade and two major anti-terrorist campaigns in Borneo and Aden to complete the transition . |
| 23 | He established himself in the heart of Sicily , near Etna , about 449 , and it took several years and several expeditions by Syracuse to dislodge him . |
| 24 | It had little effect and she had to force herself into the driving seat and begin the return journey . |
| 25 | It had such fire and brilliance that even when the church was dark this diamond glowed like a flame in the sanctuary . |
| 26 | Speaking in a Belfast safe house a hooded IRA member claimed it had enough explosives and terrorists in place for a major offensive . |
| 27 | Research evidence suggests that old-fashioned formal teaching of grammar had a negligible , or , because it replaced some instruction and practice in composition , even a harmful , effect on the development of original writing . |