Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [noun] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Launched on Dec. 2 , it had attracted media attention because it transported Toyohiro Akiyama , 48 , a Japanese journalist , to the Mir space station [ see p. 37437 ] . |
| 2 | Most other scientists , however , were willing to accept quantum mechanics because it agreed perfectly with experiment . |
| 3 | Coun. Pudney said the light rail transit system being considered by Cleveland county council could ease commuter traffic if it linked Guisborough with Middlesbrough , but that had no connection with the bypass which would be part of the county 's primary road network . |
| 4 | News of a 4.7pc rise in air traffic figures failed to set BAA flying and it dipped 2p to 816p . |
| 5 | At one time it was quite obvious that his main sponsor , Essex Petroleum , run by the flamboyant American ex-decorator and former Brussels bus-boy , David Thieme , was in some sort of dire trouble and that this trouble was bound to affect Team Lotus as it did ; Chapman knew I was looking into the complex affairs of Thieme and Thieme 's longstanding relations with Lotus . |
| 6 | Miss Evans had become Auntie Lou and it seemed they had known her for ever . |
| 7 | ‘ We spent a lot of money evaluating Wheal Concord but it did n't fit into our scene , ’ says Brian Calver , Wheal Jane 's managing director . |
| 8 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |
| 9 | It landed on the floor where it lay on its back , its numerous legs doing cycling motions as it tried to right itself . |
| 10 | The Nation ( Bangkok ) reported on Jan. 30 that " two leading Western narcotics experts based in Thailand " had commented that these claims seemed exaggerated and that the military government had been doing little to try to reduce opium production since it seized power in 1988 . |
| 11 | Mr Paddy Ashdown , the party 's leader , said the proposal was unique amongst the recent flood of proposals to reduce traffic congestion since it combined offering disincentives to using a car alongside positive benefits for those choosing not to do so . |
| 12 | Her companions alerted theatre staff when it became clear that she was having difficulty breathing . |
| 13 | Almost every dairy farm in Ayrshire produced Dunlop cheese and it became a thriving small industry which was an important source of income for the county 's farmers throughout the many difficult times for agriculture in the late 18th and 19th centuries . |
| 14 | Woolworths has supported Grandparents Day since it started in 1990 and is donating 10 per cent of all sales of Grandparents Day greeting cards to Age Concern . |
| 15 | Woolworths has supported Grandparents Day since it started in 1990 and is donating 10 per cent of all sales of Grandparents Day greeting cards to Age Concern . |
| 16 | The dominating size and aggressive shape of Sandweg church reminded Miss Danziger that it had played as great a part in the physical defence of the island as in its spiritual well-being ; but , although its size and shape were awesome at a distance , the church became increasingly a place of sanctuary as she neared it . |
| 17 | I am speaking now of its Belgrade side , of the old men in the Academy who wished to complete Serb history because it seemed to them that it had not been properly completed back in 1918 . |
| 18 | It completely failed to influence public opinion when it emerged from its secret society chrysalis in 1939 , and in spite of its extremism and the uncertainties of the law with regard to seditious libel where public order was not threatened , the authorities decided that any move against the group would give it unwanted publicity and might achieve more harm than good . |
| 19 | Kermit and his staff had been watching Hurricane Andrew as it tore through the Bahamas . |
| 20 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |
| 21 | The report deeply angered Price Waterhouse because it had not given evidence to Senator Kerry 's subcommittee . |
| 22 | Chairman Mao and his little red book actually sort of advocated table tennis because it did n't take up paddy fields ; it was very economical ; you can stick 10 tables in a canteen , so it was very much conducive to the communist way of life and of course , China … |
| 23 | Amazingly this must have been the final straw for it , because its top hinge broke and it swivelled on the bottom one , narrowly missing Miss Louise before it crashed to the floor . |
| 24 | The ferry had reportedly sunk almost immediately on hitting coral reefs as it approached Safaga at around midnight . |
| 25 | A stricter interpretation , however , is that the company would be entitled not to prepare group accounts if it obtained and published the auditors ’ report required by s 248(3) ( which confirms that the company is so entitled ) but it is not otherwise . |
| 26 | They were on a narrow winding road which skirted Batchworth Heath when it happened . |
| 27 | A recent US Supreme Court case , Feist Publications Inc v Rural Telephone Service Company , has ruled that a database would only be able to gain copyright protection if it met the copyright standard of ‘ originality ’ in its mode of functioning ; copyright protection would not simply be extended to include items which took effort on the part of the owner to compile . |