Example sentences of "[unc] [noun] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When my Noble Friend er produced the Bill of the first er er case and it went er came to secondary reading , your Lordships did explain in no uncertain terms of the various matters about which your Lordships were concerned . |
| 2 | Besides letting the mix stay hot longer , the job of adding water to a 170o pot until it stopped steaming would take several hours , says Moeri . |
| 3 | Ruthven cradled his cat and stroked the back of its head , his hand moving faster and faster across the animal 's fur until it stirred restlessly and mewed in protest . |
| 4 | Unsurprisingly , the Cambridge Board members were unable to accept Green 's proposals as it involved weakening its own ad hoc position and strengthening that of the District . |
| 5 | However , by May 1991 the Council of ( Foreign ) Ministers had still not agreed on the location of the Agency 's headquarters and it had not been able to start work . |
| 6 | Responding to the disclosures , the ANC said that the government 's admission that it had funded Inkatha to pursue anti-ANC activities threatened the peace process . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It had been extensively rewritten by Robert , who was now so good at doing Mafouz 's handwriting that it had affected his ability to reproduce his own signature convincingly . |
| 9 | In an apparent attempt to placate the anti-reform groups in the Congress of People 's Deputies before it opened , Yegor Gaidar , responsible for the main thrust of the economic reforms , was dismissed by Yeltsin as Finance Minister on April 2 but retained the post of Deputy Premier . |
| 10 | Albert had said Mr Evans would be flaming mad when he heard about Mrs Gotobed 's Will and it seemed Albert was right . |
| 11 | Above and top : Polypterus ornatipinnis — even a large pair of these were not beyond Derek 's ingenuity when it came to bringing them home from the USA . |
| 12 | Warning lights flashed on the suit 's shoulders as it lumbered slowly to the airlock outer door . |
| 13 | The Kent-based house-builder , Ward Holdings , yesterday provided some backing for Countryside 's optimism when it announced much-reduced annual losses of £5.3 million , against a £14 million deficit in 1991. — PA |
| 14 | John Blandy was a quartermaster with General Beresford 's force when it occupied the island . |
| 15 | A robotic dispenser arm was whirring nervously and jabbing into Bernice 's neck as it tried to locate an item that was n't there from a shelf that had been removed . |
| 16 | The board agreed to Crocker 's demands because it believed that the bank was well managed , and because it knew that the Midland did not have the management strength to tackle retail banking in an entirely alien environment . |
| 17 | and then on top of that he took the battery off Pat 's car and it fell over in the front so all the acid burnt the carpet ! |
| 18 | There had once been a row at Goodwood when the scrutineers rejected Colin 's car because it did n't have a fireproof bulkhead . |
| 19 | JOCASTA FORBES WATCHED the headlights of her mother 's car as it drove carefully up the twisting canyon drive , and began to die inside . |
| 20 | In a statement on July 15 Shamir 's office said that Israel would take a " positive view " of Assad 's reply if it enabled Israel to conduct " direct and unmediated negotiations with Syria " . |
| 21 | A long tongue came out of the lamb 's mouth as it licked its lips . |
| 22 | In response , Pat Arbor , the chairman of the Board of Trade , said it was not the exchange 's fault that it had been duped by Stotler 's doctored financial records . |
| 23 | When one turns to his large-scale tonal designs , unexplored until now , it becomes apparent that Lully 's influence is as preponderant in Campra 's cantatas as it had been in his stage music . |
| 24 | So must a butterfly feel as it rose towards the sun , so must a bumble bee feel as it slipped from nectar.filled flower to flower , so must Matthew 's foal as it gambolled beside its mother . |
| 25 | Think it was with a bit of Ellie 's assistance that it got made like that . |
| 26 | As far as nudity was concerned they quickly accepted it in Josephine 's act as it seemed such a natural part of her but their attitudes were quite prudish when confronted with the nudes backstage . |
| 27 | Versailles was a victor 's peace and it created a minefield of unresolved national problems in central Europe . |
| 28 | Hunt told Hall 's Committee that it occupied seventeen different buildings of which seven were requisitioned during the war . |
| 29 | It was almost under the mare 's hoofs when it saw fit to leap into the air and then dart away at speed . |
| 30 | 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 . |