Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It rained in the sky , in long streaky sheets , but the rain dried up before it reached the ground . |
| 32 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 33 | A cold , harsh light struck through deep wells in the banks of cloud ; then these wells filled up and it became almost dark . |
| 34 | It came nearer and it did n't sound right . |
| 35 | ‘ Then the mist came nearer until it reached a man and an eagle and before her eyes they turned to stone and were raised up as a single standing stone , to point up into the sky . |
| 36 | The sun came out and it grew warm on this sheltered side of the island . |
| 37 | We drove down the Angel Bank skirting Ludlow , and then as we turned into Corvedale the sun came out and it cleared … |
| 38 | ‘ I only came here because it coincided with the match . ’ |
| 39 | Hamilton Oil revealed yesterday that it had handled almost 5,000 applications already , many arriving before the announcement of the go-ahead for the massive project . |
| 40 | Hamilton Oil revealed yesterday that it had handled almost 5,000 applications already , many arriving before the announcement of the go-ahead for the massive project . |
| 41 | THE Co-operative Bank , the ‘ green ’ banking offshoot of the Co-operative Wholesale Society , revealed yesterday that it had ended banking arrangements with certain customers which contravened its code of business ethics . |
| 42 | The consortium behind the $7bn management buyout , in which BA would have a 15 per cent stake , admitted yesterday that it had been unable to complete its part of the financing . |
| 43 | THE Justice Department admitted yesterday that it had granted the FBI authority to ‘ override ’ international law in order to seize fugitives from US justice living abroad without first obtaining the consent of the country where they were sheltering . |
| 44 | The IRA admitted yesterday that it had mistakenly killed secretary Clare Mallender instead of their intended victim , Alan Dysart , the junior Defence minister , by planting a bomb aboard Mr Dysart 's yacht … . |
| 45 | WARSAW — Poland announced yesterday that it had stopped sending home East Germans who cross the border illegally , seeking transfer to West Germany , Reuter reports . |
| 46 | Xerox Corp announced yesterday that it had developed an advanced ink-jet technology that uses a 128-nozzle print head for desktop computer printers , and that it has retained Tokyo Electric Co Ltd to assemble the printers ; Xerox is manufacturing the printers ' ink-jet cartridges at its Canandaigua , New York plant ; it notes that the 128 nozzles enable faster print speeds than competing printers ; the printer will ship later this year . |
| 47 | Laporte also announced yesterday that it has bought Woodtech , an independent supplier of wood treatment plants , and has spent £6.3m buying the speciality building products division of ICI Australia and two other minor operations . |
| 48 | IBM Corp 's Thomas J Watson Lab announced yesterday that it has developed a tool kit for building virtual reality simulation applications for the ‘ real worlds ’ of science , medicine , education and business . |
| 49 | Intel Corp announced yesterday that it has begun shipping production versions of the Pentium microprocessor , but as the company already indicated , it will not be talking price until May , when it frees its customers to start announcing machines . |
| 50 | She 'd perhaps take the plugs out dinnertime when she got home when it had stopped . |
| 51 | So she kept the tune trapped in and it marched up and down inside her head . |
| 52 | The Austrians joined in because it seemed to them the best way to avoid a resuscitation of ‘ big Bulgaria ’ . |
| 53 | The Trades Union Congress stated generally that it had ‘ no firm views ’ on the ‘ problem of retirement ’ . |
| 54 | Wembley confirmed tonight that it has been given the go-ahead to make more room for wheelchairs . |
| 55 | The scale of the problems facing Mr Major worsened yesterday as it became clear the Danes want even more concessions over Maastricht . |
| 56 | Largely because the Alliance , especially its weightiest backer , Mr Helmut Kohl , clearly drummed home that it aimed for quick German unity , with D-marks in the East ‘ within months ’ . |
| 57 | The Co-op pledged yesterday that it has no plans to re-introduce charges . |
| 58 | A GROUP claiming to represent Abu Nidal 's Palestinian assassination organisation claimed yesterday that it had murdered a leader of the Jewish community in Belgium because he was ‘ one of the main leaders of Israel 's Mossad secret service ’ . |
| 59 | Mr. Cooper , the chairman of the dock company and the ports authority , gave evidence before me and stated unequivocally that it did not come from him , nor to his knowledge from any of his subordinates . |
| 60 | Doncaster Health Authority confirmed yesterday that it had made an undisclosed payment to Mr Rod Brodie and his wife , Valerie , both 38 . |