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

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1 I am not sure why this quarter was called ‘ Chinese ’ except that perhaps its apartness from the regular secular and religious life of Salamanca made it seem like another country , and a far-off , exotic one at that .
2 Chevron 's swift counter-attack came a day after Pennzoil announced it had spent $2.1 billion to build up a nine per cent share stake in Chevron and said it planned to continue investing in the oil giant as a passive shareholder .
3 Swindon made it count too .
4 Handicapper Ted Kelly admitted it had been a difficult task rating Vintage Crop .
5 Corsie drew shot , but King beat it to tie things up at 6-6 , before Corsie prevailed on the next end to take the set 7-6 and force the decider .
6 Corsie drew shot , but King beat it to tie things up at 6-6 , before Corsie prevailed on the next end to take the set 7-6 and force the decider .
7 As Pipelline went to press LASMO announced it had signed an agreement for the sale of its remaining Australian interests to SAGASCO Resources Ltd for Aus$10 million [ £4.8 million ] .
8 Unfortunately the church was despoiled of its marble wall covering in the fifteenth century when Alberti used it to enrich the Cathedral of Rimini .
9 Rex turned it to face him and read the title .
10 Marie watched it go .
11 However , the United States persuaded it to accept UN Security Council Resolution 242 , giving an assurance that it would ensure that the critical wording ‘ withdrawal from territories captured ’ would mean no more than minor border rectifications .
12 Keynes thought it resembled a Gruyère cheese — holes without the surrounding cheese !
13 It was yet another dig , and again Shiona felt it bruise her .
14 Yes that you said it er Pat thought it seemed a good thing , the way you were saying it
15 Paris-based computer services and distribution group Metrologie International SA said it had an operating loss in the first quarter of 1993 due to a drop in activity and pressures to reduce gross margins : the loss was equivalent to about $3.6m and turnover on a like-for-like basis fell 15.9% to $73.5m .
16 But for now Kylie harnessed it to press on with the next stage of her ten year plan which had been drawn up by her musical gurus .
17 McKinsey said it had several programmes in place to build the information technology capability of its consulting staff , and Information Consulting could accelerate the process .
18 In a robust defence of the sector , Mr Scott said it performed outstandingly for its clients in Scotland and throughout the world .
19 and Lucy said it fits him lovely , but she was saving all the blue clothes
20 Well I think like Lucy said it has made you think about the really .
21 William Hill said it refuses to accept wagers on the state of royal marriages and has often turned down bets on a Charles and Diana split .
22 Surrey had it stripped .
23 New chairman David Mahony said it has been decided to concentrate on its electrical and electronic businesses .
24 NEC said it plans volume production of about 10,000 units a month in the spring of 1994 , increasing to about 30,000 a month by early 1995 .
25 NEC said it plans volume production of about 10,000 units a month in the spring of 1994 , increasing to about 30,000 a month by early 1995 .
26 Separately Caci said it has arrived at agreements to settle shareholder lawsuits pending in Delaware Chancery Court and in the District of Columbia .
27 The CSO cautioned it regarded comparisons of the volume figures as distorted by the impact of the dock strike on August and September returns .
28 Lord Morison said it had been argued that the unique and novel attempt by the Mullan family to establish something which the Crown had failed to do in a criminal case raised questions of general importance .
29 Regional Official Walter Ievers said it had been confirmed that schools are under no statutory obligation to report to parents of children finishing primary seven and third form in secondary and grammar schools in the way the Department has indicated in the recent Parents Guide .
30 Georgina had it done before she called them .
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