Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] it [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In November 1989 the government announced that it wanted gradually to stop all exports of logs , ostensibly to help domestic enterprises , and it was announced on March 9 , 1990 , that the government would impose levies and quotas on some sawn timber and veneer exports , starting on June 1 . |
| 2 | Prime would neither confirm nor deny the report but noted that it had long indicated in Securities & Exchange Commission filings that it was ‘ exploring financial activities , including capital market transactions . ’ |
| 3 | A report by COSLA officials recalled that it had already raised the issue of unfair profit-making from second right-to-buy purchases under housing defects legislation , but ministers had refused to agree to make any changes . |
| 4 | The Swiss company Acher Partners admitted its involvement , but claimed that it had simply arranged the contract on behalf of Progresso of Italy , while the latter denied any involvement in illegal activities . |
| 5 | Acher claimed that it had merely arranged the contract on behalf of Progresso , but representatives of the latter denied involvement in illegal activities . |
| 6 | Subsequently , the GLC showed that it had indeed become more marginal than the previous LCC and control fluctuated between the Labour and Conservative parties . |
| 7 | He put the fleeting temptation aside , surprised that it had even occurred to him . |
| 8 | Richard 's Johnson , obedient to the pressed button , came to life at once , and she saw that it had never occurred to him that it might n't . |
| 9 | Studying the map back at the motor cycle , he saw that it had once carried what was now that branch of the Makaa River which flowed down the valley below the track up to the President 's cabin . |
| 10 | The Council felt that it had only achieved a limited success in achieving the aims determined above . |
| 11 | The Sopade reports also centred on the implications of the speech for war or peace , but , in contrast to internal reports , asserted that it had substantially increased the fears in Germany of war in the near future . |
| 12 | The specimen shown has both its original valves preserved , and looks today much as it did when it had just died . |
| 13 | He said that it had already led to the curtailment of five drilling contracts with thousands of potential job losses . |
| 14 | Susan Tilley patted her impeccable coif and conceded that it had all turned out really well , and smiled her friendly , competent smile . |