Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the same when her Mum got when it happened to her they got her a load of new clothes and she was trying them on and grandad said hey get in here now . |
| 2 | In 1988 a visiting colleague from the Royal Ulster Constabulary asked if it was part of my role in Systems Development Department to comment on such essays . |
| 3 | The Netherlands disagreed because it thought harmonised taxes would be too weak . |
| 4 | The aircraft quivered when it penetrated the thin layers of cloud in its path . |
| 5 | Grumman veterans bear the scars from the company 's many setbacks , especially the export triumph Grumman scored when it sold lots of F-14 Tomcats to Iran under the shah . |
| 6 | The reasons why the Eisenhower administration acted as it did in 1956 remain potent , especially when examined without the advantages of hindsight . |
| 7 | What he discovered was that the G cell turned when it met the axons of cells A1 and A2 , whereas C turned and followed two other pioneer cells , P1 and P2 . |
| 8 | Uniformitarianism triumphed because it provided a general theory that was at once logical and seemingly " scientific " . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Luke 's mouth pleasured while it dominated , and his hands roaming insolently about her body were creating havoc , the skilled , confident caresses to which he subjected her a bold proclamation of ownership . |
| 11 | Suddenly , Labour wobbled as it appeared that the Tories might have picked a genuine winner . |
| 12 | The horrific headless figure disappeared as it reached the foot of the steps . |
| 13 | A man and woman in the car died as it was crushed under the lorry . |
| 14 | In The World 's Desire , Rider Haggard and his close friend Andrew Lang presented as it were their thesis of romance in a turgid tale based on certain theories of their time concerning possible trafficking between Achaean Greece , Crete and Egypt under the Ramessids . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Perks appeared when it was time for the 11.54 to arrive . |
| 17 | They 're the only times really and as with the I B M the I B M people 's the company I B M said if it 's more than a page is it really worth sending it out . |
| 18 | Richard gagged as it pushed too far head trapped against the pillow but it pulled back out . |
| 19 | And what 's more , we want to see that ice rink filled because it 's the greatest family sporting entertainment you could ever wish to see and with the crowd behind you it gives you that extra buzz . |
| 20 | We can not imagine that this inevitable development is what IBM sought when it hid its mainframe price list . |
| 21 | Then the man in Riga asked if it was cold in Leningrad , and we said yes it was , and the man in Riga said you had to expect it now , and that the Riga Hotel was modern and well heated as long as it was n't damp . |
| 22 | If it still remains uncomfortable , then we , then we need to have a closer look and we may need to get the eye specialist involved if it 's refused to settle down . |
| 23 | I wish you could have visited us then , but of course all our visitors came when it was wet . |
| 24 | Ronni sighed as it embraced her . |
| 25 | Gloucester 's first match was home to the Wasps.It finished as it started , all square . |
| 26 | Tolby flinched as it touched the skin . |
| 27 | Ross watched as it shuttled between them , going from hand to hand across thirty feet of air . |
| 28 | In an article published the same year , Kevin Sharpe questioned whether it was entirely accurate to label Laud as an Arminian , stressing that the archbishop saw as his main task not the propagation of a new theology but the prevention of divisive doctrinal debate . |
| 29 | However , reports questioning Shah 's independence grew after it emerged that Irfanullah Marwat Khan , implicated in the alleged gang-rape of a close friend of the PPP leader Benazir Bhutto [ see p. 38683 ] , had been retained as an adviser to the new provincial government . |
| 30 | No , regretfully Mrs Field died before it could be arranged . |