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

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1 He was recalled to GC & CS when it moved to Bletchley in 1939 .
2 In those days I was going , and was only intrigued to learn that it was Mespot or Iraq as it became .
3 Certainly Russia has openly intervened with military force to control its satellites like Hungary and Czechoslovakia when it thought they were stepping out of line and also supported the introduction of martial law in Poland to curb industrial unrest .
4 It was a film made some years ago in black and white , but , despite the difficulty of watching it in a foreign language , the power of the drama gripped them both , Sarella because she was a professional and was impressed by the intensity of the acting , and Marc because it seemed to strike some deep chord within him .
5 That 's why we went on to Seattle and Phoenix and worked our way back east again through the south , through Texas , Florida and Tennessee and it ended up going more than twice its length because of the success of the show .
6 Not only did the WEA have providing rights and responsibilities in negotiations with the Board of Education and LEAs but it enhanced its position and status in seeking funds from philanthropic bodies to support pioneering , experimental schemes for the provision of adult education , particularly in rural areas .
7 The offences only came to light because of an attempt to inflate profits at Alexander Howden , which was discovered by the American company Alexander and Alexander after it bought the company .
8 Dorothea had told Florence Ames the story of Gaily in the church twice before , and neither of them was yet tired of it , Dorothea because it pleased her friend so to hear it , and Florence because it pleased her that the man had been somehow vindicated , turned out to be as good as she had thought , and a friend .
9 After establishing the fact that we had only one body , which could not be replaced by a trip to Marks and Spencers if it wore out , we discussed ways and means of preserving it !
10 After the fight with the beggars he had left the sack with Allen and Marian because it had seemed to him an ingenious way of saving himself the trouble of carrying it to Simon 's hut and back again while at the same time it was a guarantee that the children would remain until he returned .
11 There was a shock for the SDLP in Newry and Mourne where it lost two seats , reducing its strength to 15 .
12 There was also a shock for the SDLP in Newry and Mourne where it lost two seats , reducing its strength to 15 .
13 He said that he did it because everybody wanted him to do it , and he even agreed with me that bits were like Simon and Garfunkel and it sounded like a hundred songs written before , and admitted that he was cashing in on the moon landing but thought he could make some money doing it .
14 commenced in 1812 and opened in 1820 , it ran between Paddington , west London , and Limehouse where it joined the River Thames .
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