Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish you could have visited us then , but of course all our visitors came when it was wet . |
| 2 | THE vague and ill-considered commitment to dilute the Government 's industrial relations reforms which was endorsed so easily yesterday by the Labour Party conference will return to haunt the party 's leaders , rather as the question of nuclear weapons did until it was , apparently , laid to rest earlier this week . |
| 3 | He said 3i had always taken a long-term view and had not been as badly hit by the recession as the banks had because it had been cautious . |
| 4 | Though dated to around mid second century AD by Sotheby 's , several dealers wondered if it could not be a Roman baroque forgery ( one attributed it to Pietro Bernini ) . |
| 5 | Recently , senior Whitehall officials considered whether it would be feasible to curb judicial review . |
| 6 | ‘ As far as actually ‘ working out ’ is concerned , I 've been doing a lot this year , but not since rehearsals began because it 's just been so crazed . |
| 7 | His comments came as it was revealed that three-quarters of Tory MPs wanted needy people to be protected from the tax on fuel and on the eve of a report , to be issued today , which said families in debt on their fuel bills were already choosing between heating and eating — even before the proposed addition of VAT . |
| 8 | THE future of Hollywood studio MGM-Pathe was in doubt yesterday after independent auditors questioned whether it can continue as a ‘ going concern ’ . |
| 9 | One of the maids yelped as it pinned her skirt to a cupboard . |
| 10 | When independence became assured , further party newspapers appeared as it became clear that owning a newspaper was a necessary part of a successful political campaign : for example , in Nigeria , Azikiwe and his NCNC party controlled ten newspapers in 1959 , while their rivals , Obafemi Awolowo and the Action Group , controlled fourteen . |
| 11 | Not surprisingly and not for the first time , trade union leaders wondered whether it had become impossible to mount a legal strike . |
| 12 | When the price was raised , parents and children asked whether it was really worth it , or sandwiches would do just as well . |
| 13 | The teacher has given no instructions about what to do , apart from nodding when a few children asked if it was ‘ writing workshop ’ . |
| 14 | The rubbery men bounced after it . |
| 15 | No total view of the consequences of all the commitments emerged until it was too late . |
| 16 | He gaily continued to offend and reoffend , to the point where the police wondered whether it was worth bothering to pick him up . |
| 17 | The concern about population trends emerged as it became evident that population growth was declining and that the birth rate , in particular , was falling rapidly . |
| 18 | Do you remember Uncle Charles Lane building a bomb-proof wall outside the kitchen ? — and how you were so excited when the raids came because it meant Pop and I were able to stop work and play idiotic games with the three of you ? ! |
| 19 | Everyone was cheering and the nerves disappeared 'cause it was so much fun . |
| 20 | Everyone was cheering and the nerves disappeared 'cause it was so much fun . |