Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [noun] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most other scientists , however , were willing to accept quantum mechanics because it agreed perfectly with experiment . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ I started heart massage but it took three minutes to get any sign of life . |
| 6 | It landed on the floor where it lay on its back , its numerous legs doing cycling motions as it tried to right itself . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Her companions alerted theatre staff when it became clear that she was having difficulty breathing . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Kermit and his staff had been watching Hurricane Andrew as it tore through the Bahamas . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 … |
| 14 | The ferry had reportedly sunk almost immediately on hitting coral reefs as it approached Safaga at around midnight . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |