Example sentences of "it [verb] [noun] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was just about the only song I knew the words to and was an impromptu thing , but it got things started . |
| 2 | SHARES in HSBC Holdings , parent of the Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation , firmed 7p to 602p yesterday after it revealed profits had nearly doubled last year . |
| 3 | We , ah in school we all got , we all sing this song it goes Jennifer sat in the , Jennifer sat , sat in the shower , eating |
| 4 | In tennis , it offers colour sprayed , modified bitumen macadams , and ‘ Smash ’ and ‘ Soft ’ grass surfaces . |
| 5 | It made Gerard determined to try to tackle the material ‘ at the length and depth — and with the budget — it deserved . ’ |
| 6 | It made Karel scared that he was going insane to think how the Gate had bent and folded his time inside his head . |
| 7 | The diacylglycerol analogue , 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol , at a concentration at which it inhibited histamine stimulated aminopyrine accumulation in parietal cells , had a similar inhibitory effect to 100 nM TPA ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 8 | This action can not be interpreted as an inhibition by stauro sporine of negative modulation of the histamine H 2 receptor by a basal activity of protein kinase C because similar effects were found with gastric inhibitory polypeptide , the action of which was not inhibited by activation of protein kinase C. Finally 1-oleoyl-2-acetyl-glycerol , a diacylglycerol analogue which activates protein kinase C in intact cells , inhibited histamine stimulation of cyclic AMP content in HGT-1 cells at a concentration at which it inhibited histamine stimulated aminopyrine accumulation in partietal cells . |
| 9 | Customs & Excise introduced the changes , which will be back-dated to 1 July , after it found hotels had been treating the supply of packed lunches to guests as zero-rated ( Caterer , 27 June–3 July ) . |
| 10 | As it rose Edward said thoughtfully , ‘ One gets the impression that this sort of place must cost rather a lot of money . ’ |
| 11 | The Kabul government said this week that it believed Pakistan intended to supply the guerrillas with chemical weapons for use in the Jalalabad battle . |
| 12 | A stream of urine splashed into the first glass , and as it filled Estelle guided the stream to the next glass as if she were holding a hose pipe . |
| 13 | As it happens Ive got a lot of time for honest people like Mr Bassett . |
| 14 | It says Glaxo failed to spot this in its animal studies . |
| 15 | It says officers did not ’ pursue and properly explore all avenues of inquiry ’ |
| 16 | It says vendors took around eighteen months to bring out the first XPG3-branded products after its introduction . |
| 17 | It says Microsoft supplied the source code under a new standard contractual OEM pact with IBM , which is doing the work in Yorktown Heights , New York . |
| 18 | No , it says Pegs went out . |
| 19 | But it seemed Lucie had lost a lot of weight since the last time they had played it . |
| 20 | It seemed Noah wanted the magistrate to find nothing with which he could possibly take issue . |
| 21 | But it seemed Ace had n't finished with her yet , and soon she was incapable of any thought at all , rational or otherwise , as he took her once more to the edge of paradise . |
| 22 | ( It seemed Annunciata had fallen in love with one of the Papal Guard and was pining for him . ) |
| 23 | It seemed Lizzie had everything in hand . |
| 24 | As it happened Namibia won the game and the tournament , but for a long time it looked as if the Zimbabweans would win , leaving the hitherto unbeaten Namibians out in the cold . |
| 25 | As it happened progress proved possible in three directions in these years — the formation of Nato 's Nuclear Planning Group ; an agreed if rather fuzzy definition of flexible response ; and the negotiation of a Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty with the USSR . |
| 26 | But be clever and do it like Dad did ; arrange it so it looks like a burglary . ’ |
| 27 | The book created a sensation in the summer when it portrayed Diana trapped in a sham marriage . |
| 28 | It claimed Di waged a war against Prince Charles by manipulating the media . |
| 29 | It shows Richard enthroned amidst his choir and his bishops in all there were two archbishops and five bishops present in his chapel on this occasion . |
| 30 | It was besieged by Cromwell 's merry men in 1645 , and when it surrendered Cromwell ordered it to be dismantled ( if that 's what you do to castles ) . |