Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 in a couple of years it never done a thing and now it 's growing .
2 ‘ A great deal or risible tosh , ’ sniffed the Telegraph admitting : ‘ At times it even achieves a level of plodding competence . ’
3 ‘ When you 've got targets and incentives it just becomes a family planning programme and not much more than that ’ Tricia Parker , Oxfam Bangladesh
4 However , this extension of the welfare state was double-edged , because as well as offering services it also involved a measure of control over those who were the recipients of those services .
5 With new rolling stock to replace the unreliable and grubby 1950s locomotive-drawn carriages it now has a fleet of trains to equal the comforts of InterCity .
6 With new rolling stock to replace the unreliable and grubby 1950s locomotive-drawn carriages it now has a fleet of trains to equal the comforts of InterCity .
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