Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [verb] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem with the old board was that it did not innovate and did not concern itself with exporting English hops . |
| 2 | Some of the more irresponsible youths had tried to set fire to the building but somehow it did not catch and went out much to their disappointment ! |
| 3 | She shook her head ( the long mane of fair hair was tied up , so it did not swish and fall over her shoulders ) . |
| 4 | As to the presumption , Mr. Philipson , while prepared to acknowledge that it would apply to the reasonableness test , submitted that it did not apply when considering whether the Bank of England was acting in performance of its functions . |
| 5 | I do n't know why the people who argued so much about it did n't go and ask these three what had happened . |
| 6 | It did n't stop but came on towards us out of the trees . |
| 7 | We wanted very much erm to help teachers to work from circuit diagrams and to build the electronics , and then , as we said , at least to worry about why it did n't work and try several tests before giving up completely . |
| 8 | In fact the report was so useless that it did more damage than had Mitterand kept silent . |
| 9 | Hence , the horse may spend the day avoiding mature people , and then find to its surprise that it has been caught by a child-foal that it had not perceived as possessing such ability . |
| 10 | It was admitted that while the IIRS had prepared a report on the factory itself , it had not surveyed and reported on the Knockanemore dump site as it had not been commissioned to do so by either the IDA or Cork County Council . |
| 11 | All rich , strange and remote , as if it had never happened or had happened to another person . |
| 12 | Economically , of course , it had never ceased and had been to both countries ' benefit . |
| 13 | It had gradually enlarged and began to leak some six weeks before his death and was heralded by the onset of headaches . |