Example sentences of "[conj] [noun prp] [vb past] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Nothing much to add except that Redfern scored but it did n't really matter .
2 This qualification of support for the replacement of Friern and Claybury meant that it fell back upon regional officers , once again , to decide whether to go ahead with the initiative , or to abandon it .
3 The lion turned , jaws slavering , eyes ablaze with fury and Corbett flinched as it came towards him , belly crouched , its tail twitching , its hind legs tense , then it sprang .
4 The boys parted , and Robert saw that it contained a villainous-looking man of about four foot in height .
5 IF HEINZ announced that it uses people to test the taste of its baked beans , who 'd be surprised ?
6 Damon rubbed Lee 's stomach with his foot the way you would a dog 's and Lee screamed because it tickled .
7 Whereupon Johnson observed that it did not necessarily follow ‘ that a man who has written a good poem on an art , has practised it ’ , citing excellently instructive verses on cider by a man never known to have made any .
8 The initiative was immediately rejected by the USA and Israel , whilst King Fahd claimed that it " made matters more difficult " and Egypt asserted that it created " new ambiguities " .
9 Sword clanged on stone , and Fedorov cursed as it jarred his wrist .
10 Beaverbrook said that it came from Henderson ; Balfour said that it came from Bonar Law ; Law 's biographer said that it came from Balfour ; and Crewe said that it came from Montagu and Derby .
11 But Roberts discovered that it did not matter much where he grew up when he was driving through Southwark late one night on his way from work .
12 Exports increased to 69% this time from 64% of total sales last , but Curtis said that it did n't benefit much from the movements in exchange rates .
13 Aoun , and most Western diplomats , blamed the LF militia for the attack , but Geaga claimed that it had been organized by Aoun 's own intelligence officers in an attempt to gain a measure of international sympathy .
14 Next morning , the pair took the air of Montrose ; they saw the church , since replaced with another ; the town hall had ‘ a handsome fabrick with a portico ’ , wrote Johnson ( it still has ) , while Boswell noted that it had a ‘ good dancing-room , and other rooms for tea-drinking ’ .
15 When factory industry began to take over , however , the mills were built at Hebden Bridge below , to take advantage of the water-power provided by the river and the transport facility of the canal , so Hebden Bridge grew fast into a busy mill town whilst Heptonstall remained as it had always been .
16 Lorentz spoke of the film 's brilliance whilst Photoplay suggested that it had come ‘ as near to reproducing reality as anything you have ever witnessed ’ .
17 Meanwhile the country loses control over vital assets , as Mexico did when it exchanged shares in one of its biggest manufacturing companies — Grupo Alfa , against a reduction of several hundred million dollars in its debts .
18 From July 1 unemployment was officially registered in the Soviet Union for the first time since 1930 ( when Stalin declared that it had been eliminated ) .
19 That was n't so difficult , was it ? ’ he said , and , when Caroline admitted that it had n't been , he said that in that case , would she please agree to do another private showing in mid-afternoon ?
20 Believing still that the catastrophe had been caused by other people and the actions of other people , believing it as firmly as Kate believed that it had been caused by devils and Quentin that it was part of God 's mystery , Lavinia saw a spark in the gloom .
21 Lillee bowled another bouncer which did not get up as much as Fletch anticipated and it hit him straight on the head as he took his eye off the ball .
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