Example sentences of "it [vb past] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least it got column inches — the worst reviews for years |
| 2 | The wet cobbles in the mill-yard only needed huddled operatives arriving for an 18-hour shift in their shawls , but instead it got art critics . |
| 3 | It was er cut out of palm trees and it got palm trees on hundred feet high , both sides of the runway . |
| 4 | It revealed Ulster youngsters were the most likely to have been offered drugs ( 21pc compared with a national average of 10pc ) , were least likely to drink ( 21pc compared with 30pc ) but were most likely to smoke ( 36pc compared with 18pc ) . |
| 5 | Earlier this week it asked Crest Homes , the developers of a new primary school for the area , to think again about the proposed site . |
| 6 | This gives no action to Titius , but the SC allows it to be treated as if it read fidei tuae committo ut Titio hereditatem restituas . |
| 7 | In January 1990 it entertained Birmingham alumni at the University 's London reunion . |
| 8 | It sold InfoNow units at $60,000 per unit , each consisting of 20,000 shares of common stock and 20,000 Class C warrants , each of the latter entitling the holder to buy one share of common at $6 by December 30 1997 . |
| 9 | From 1905 to 1914 it produced Dursley–Pedersen bicycles . |
| 10 | It made government supporters more optimistic about the economy and opposition supporters more pessimistic . |
| 11 | It made airline rates subject to review by each government , permitted each country fifth freedom rights in the other , subject to adjustment , and referred disagreements to the PICAO . |
| 12 | It made trade unions ( rather than just individual organizers of strikes ) liable for damages arising from unlawful industrial actions . |
| 13 | Though the Lincolnshire in-house LMS was not an entire system , it provided budget heads to include : |
| 14 | In its first year it provided training opportunities for more than 4,500 people and invested in a wide range of small and medium-sized businesses . |
| 15 | It created parish councils . |
| 16 | It used capacity charges to directly recoup costs of building plant , and then it sold electricity by the kilowatt hour . |
| 17 | It hed run intae him an tore him at yinst . |
| 18 | Following press reports , on Aug. 8 the SADF confirmed that it trained Inkatha members at a camp in the Caprivi Strip in northern Namibia . |
| 19 | Last May it directed member states to do away with licensing rules like Britain 's , which create import monopolies . |
| 20 | It caused system malfunctions . |
| 21 | However , it did mark the first major overhaul of the Treaties of Rome , it reformed EC institutions to some extent and it succeeded in keeping the members united . |
| 22 | As the managing director had held this controlling shareholding interest for at least two years , it attracted business assets relief of 50 per cent . |
| 23 | But it told research ministers ( who were still meeting as New Scientist went to press on Tuesday ) that ‘ it is essential to take an immediate final decision on the future of the programme . ’ |
| 24 | It helped to develop valuable projects ; it utilized market skills in the implementation of schemes ; and it began that process of integrating central-government departments into corporate entities through which regional problems might be better addressed . |
| 25 | During the affluent 80s when it seemed property prices soared higher each day , there was a lot of money to be made in real estate . |
| 26 | In September the Ivoirien government cut the price it paid cocoa farmers for the second time since July , to CFA200 per kilogramme ( £368 a tonne ) . |
| 27 | Following the withdrawal from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism , it slashed interest rates , allowed the value of Sterling to fall and put the accent of public spending on providing jobs . |
| 28 | It separated Benioff zones that were dipping and consuming oceanic crust in opposite directions , as in the south-west Pacific trench system at the present day . |
| 29 | Its master stroke was its ‘ double cross system ’ , whereby it turned enemy spies into double agents , working for the British and feeding false information back . |
| 30 | It showed tyre marks on the road close to where the crash happened . |