Example sentences of "[conj] [num] [subord] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were some attempts at consultation , notably with Commonwealth finance ministers in 1947 and 1949 , but the relationship is perhaps symbolized by the fact that the RSA countries were not consulted on devaluation in 1949 , simply informed of the decision a day or two before it took place . |
| 2 | It was a second or two before it opened and when it did her lips parted silently . |
| 3 | And if it was just exhausted , it was simply a question of postponing his own ploughing and resting it up for a day or two until it had regained its appetite and its strength . |
| 4 | On March 5 , 1986 , the bank hired a male candidate who obtained a mark of 46.50 and subsequently it hired another six male candidates who had obtained marks between 46.50 and 42 while it did not hire the claimant , a woman who had obtained a mark of 48 . |
| 5 | It failed in the 1970s and 1980s because it offered no solutions to the new problems of chronic inflation and low growth . |