Example sentences of "it [vb past] [prep] another " in BNC.

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1 Maladministration took its toll , and fifteen years later it amalgamated with another Hull organisation , the Hull Seamen 's Mutual Association ( 1881 ) to form the Hull Seamen and Marine Firemen 's Mutual Association led by that self same staid and stable personality J.B.Butcher who continued to lead the union until his retirement in 1912 .
2 Miss Harder even refused the offer of financial assistance , in case it led to another child losing his chance of coming to Britain .
3 After the van had been loaded it drove to another loading bay and backed up against a second wagon .
4 The last time Hambros was so well placed was in 1986 when it advised on another mega-bid , by Hanson for Imperial Group .
5 Now it seemed like another life .
6 Moreover , children gave precedence to the matching rule in situations where it conflicted with another rule .
7 Cleveland police say the girl grabbed her shopping bag , fished out the purse and ran off with it joined by another girl .
8 She said Thresher was aware of the receipt for £18.37 and had established that it belonged to another customer .
9 Next door , an old woman in her seventies read aloud to her ninety-two-year-old mother , as she had read aloud of an evening for decades ; their house had not been renovated , it belonged to another age .
10 It belonged to another College , which had let it to one of its fellows .
11 Three DFC 's and one DSO have been won in Sugar , and just as it began its career with a daylight attack , it finished with another .
12 they said it was very nice , but , the , they reckoned then it needed about another five thousand pounds spending on it
13 It looked like another lysozyme , and , after 6 years with little progress , that subject may have become tedious .
14 It looked like another case of thin fibres showing anomalously high strength and it naturally attracted a good deal of attention .
15 It looked like another beautiful day out there .
16 It looked like another ‘ back-door method ’ of closing the stations .
17 At one point , when the cab driver crashed a late amber light , Manville thought he had shaken off his pursuer , only to identify the vehicle a few moments later as it re-emerged from another side-street .
18 It sounded like another person .
19 He 'd always assumed that this was a piece of official terminology until one day he 'd asked what it meant , and found out that it stood for Another Fucking Drunk .
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