Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [conj] it [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July the company had said that it then expected 32,000 people to take redundancy this year , up from the 20,000 forecast at the beginning of the year : now it says it expects 40,000 to go , 8000 of them in Europe — of which the UK share is 600 , and 4,000 of them in Asia . |
| 2 | Ruth had to smile because it certainly did n't sound like her . |
| 3 | She had replied that it still seemed an expensive policy compared with even the dearest of umbrellas , and George had thought about that and said : ‘ You ca n't piss into an umbrella , either . |
| 4 | So much had happened that it hardly seemed so important any more . |
| 5 | Three days had passed before it suddenly struck Lisa that she had so far been spared her most dreaded aggravation — the aggravation of Alexander Vass constantly breathing down her neck . |
| 6 | The demand for flour continued to rise and it soon became apparent that considerable savings in both costs and labour could be effected if the repeated handling and transportation could be reduced . |
| 7 | so it were n't interacting between the two , everything had changed and it still did it , were a new kit , got a cabinet of setting line , changed it and it still did it . |