Example sentences of "'s [noun] [conj] it [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When it was built it was a significant addition to the city 's houses as it heralded the start of the restructuring that saw the completion of Corso Vittorio Emanuele II . |
| 2 | John Blandy was a quartermaster with General Beresford 's force when it occupied the island . |
| 3 | Versailles was a victor 's peace and it created a minefield of unresolved national problems in central Europe . |
| 4 | The working was booked to stop at Colwyn Bay , Llandudno Junction and Llandudno , and worked from block to block until Muspratt 's Sidings when it took the Down Fast line and having got clear signals , proceeded to try to make up time . |
| 5 | On the foreign exchanges the pound managed a modest recovery from Thursday 's slump when it hit an all-time low against the German mark . |
| 6 | There was something I did n't tell you at your father 's funeral because it seemed the wrong time , but two days after he died , I received a letter from him . |
| 7 | A typewritten statement in Arabic delivered to a Western news agency in west Beirut said that the ‘ soldiers of justice ’ — a name previously used by Abu Nidal 's organisation when it kidnapped the Belgian doctor , Jan Cools , in southern Lebanon last year — had ‘ executed the death sentence ’ against Dr Wybran , adding that this was done to encourage the Palestinian intifada uprising against Israeli rule in the West Bank and Gaza strip . |
| 8 | There was no opposition to the completion of the merger from Havas , the French media group with a controlling stake in the Groupe de la Cité , which has held over 3% of Hachette 's share since it launched a ‘ mini-raid ’ on the Paris Bourse last October . |
| 9 | Darwin 's theory was a better extension of Lyell 's principles because it presented the species as engaged in an active struggle with an ever-changing environment . |
| 10 | In fact , mahogany had been known in England since Sir Walter Raleigh 's day but it took the French ban for it to become popular . |
| 11 | They claimed that the ruling nullified the government 's argument that it had no liability for the death of the Palestinian because it was an act of war , and that it effectively restored the government 's response to the intifada to the status of a police operation . |
| 12 | Vinelott J rejected the SFO 's argument that it had an untrammelled right to require the production and use of the evidence in the transcript ; that argument had been advanced and rejected when the liquidators applied for an order to examination ( In re Arrows Ltd [ 1992 ] 2 WLR 923 ) . |
| 13 | Even if she had heard the locomotive 's whistle as it entered the tunnel , she would not have had time to run to the bridge in time to meet Mr Cross as he parked his car in the goods yard . |
| 14 | It was not a contest to excite the audience and there must have been some anxiety in Mason 's corner as it approached a critical stage . |
| 15 | Robert had merely enlarged and refined his father 's scheme until it embraced a world . |
| 16 | Casting aside Pennzoil 's claims that it had no intention of launching a bid , Chevron moved into top gear to protect itself against a takeover which could be worth $35billion and would revive memories of some of the biggest corporate battles of the 1970 's and 80's . |
| 17 | Many parents and would-be parents watching the play would understand the mother 's position because it reflected the consensus of public opinion . |