Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [conj] it [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The 1991/92 annual report of the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has shown that it prosecuted and won less than 2 per cent of cases of river pollution reported during the period . |
| 2 | Not least , the CIA was induced to help before it realized that the man with whom it would be dealing was one it had already discarded . |
| 3 | Her head began to throb but it eased as Fernando guided her through the crowds to small , quieter side-streets away from the harbour . |
| 4 | Surely that hideously charcoaled horror should have shrunk as it cooked and disintegrated . |
| 5 | The IMF had stated that it anticipated that the balance-of-payments deficit would increase during 1989 and would be worsened by capital outflows from the country and a deteriorating trade balance . |
| 6 | Still the Japanese refused to surrender and it appeared that the war might drag on for months , even years , at terrible cost . |