Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun prp] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | nice try Gary but it did n't work |
| 2 | Having worked for the influential retailer Woodhouse since it opened in 1975 , Guy Tolson is well-placed to analyse the ebb and flow of trends in fashionable menswear . |
| 3 | The canal age effectively began in south-west Lancashire where it developed naturally from improvements to the river navigations serving Liverpool and Manchester . |
| 4 | Mr Hill , a joint master of the Aylesbury Vale Hunt , had held the reins of his wife 's horse Max after it had landed on a five barred gate during a hunt . |
| 5 | He was also said to have pledged support for South Korea if it proved necessary to apply for UN sanctions against the North over the issue of nuclear inspections [ see also p. 38818-19 ] . |
| 6 | I did n't know what had been the last meal eaten before leaving South America but it took me twenty minutes to coathanger my way through it , and consequently I had missed breakfast . |
| 7 | I 'd just had an idea for a way of doing Lear and it had brought me luck . |
| 8 | Whether Branson had taken over Virgin Atlantic or it had overtaken him was difficult to tell . |
| 9 | We got better food in the RAF than most people in wartime Britain but it did n't compare with the Darrowby fare . |
| 10 | The offer to back BAe if it changed Rover 's corporate plan followed agreement by Lord Young to the £38 million package and further pressure from Professor Smith . |
| 11 | Kermit and his staff had been watching Hurricane Andrew as it tore through the Bahamas . |
| 12 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 13 | At the time I was in the throes of training Dawn and it seemed obvious that I should do my talk on the owl . |
| 14 | Mason 's was one of the largest machine-works in North Sydney and it had a large labour force . |
| 15 | The boy 's eyes had been drawn out by the Soul Eater and it gave a dry , evil chuckle of triumph . |
| 16 | ‘ We spent a lot of money evaluating Wheal Concord but it did n't fit into our scene , ’ says Brian Calver , Wheal Jane 's managing director . |