Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Danzig found that whether it liked it or not , its life was dominated by Poland . |
| 2 | Yet , if he was honest , he found that when it came right down to it , he wanted to call the shots , not have them called . |
| 3 | For example , the experimental Peckham Health Centre ( opened in 1926 in the London suburb of Peckham as a community centre dedicated to the study and maintenance of the conditions necessary for health ) found that when it re-opened after the War only about half the original members ' families remained in the area . |
| 4 | Mr. Lightheart reported that since it had not been authorised or erected by council authorities they were unwilling to pay for the fence . |
| 5 | Mr. Lightheart reported that since it had not been authorised or erected by council authorities they were unwilling to pay for the fence . |
| 6 | all the satellites hanging down it was very good the way it had all been done in , in that respect but what I found was the first bit was very boring , I found but when it got going a bit it was better but the whole moral of the story was that nowhere is perfect to live but it 's hard for y young children like this |
| 7 | I had no intention just then of attempting such a thing , but as I lay awake that night I realised that if it had n't been for Lili I might have felt it necessary to attempt to describe to someone , anyone , what I knew of God and what he had asked of me . |
| 8 | Earlier Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke admitted that if it had been his decision in 1953 he would have reprieved 19-year-old Bentley from the gallows . |
| 9 | I know not how it came nor when it began , for it has crept like a thief upon me . |
| 10 | Commentators noted that although it stopped short of declaring immediate secession from the Soviet Union , with this declaration Armenia technically went further towards independence than any other republic save Lithuania . |
| 11 | Entry to this body was much sought after by wealthy young men , because of the prestige it conferred and because it guaranteed proximity to the Emperor . |
| 12 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 13 | This was before it happened or when it happened ? you did n't have sort of intimations that something was going to happen ? |
| 14 | Company brochures on Courtaulds pie , the leading private corporation for job losses with 23,200 at Table 5.7 ( above ) , showed that while it had 300 textile and other plants spread across the UK in 1976 , by 1981 this stock fell by 20 per cent in ‘ assisted areas ’ but only 5 per cent in non-assisted areas . |
| 15 | A recent national survey by a leading High Street chain store showed that when it comes to Merseystyle , it 's pinstripes for the day and the ‘ tarty ’ look at night . |
| 16 | A recent national survey by a leading High Street chain store showed that when it comes to female Merseystyle , it 's pinstripes for the day and the ‘ tarty ’ look at night . |
| 17 | Erm , until it rained and when it rains |
| 18 | It was a second or two before it opened and when it did her lips parted silently . |
| 19 | ‘ The only result is that a large heron discovered that when it activated the floodlight it enabled him/her to decimate my expensive collection of koi carp , brazenly standing in the middle of the pool at 10.30pm . ’ |
| 20 | At first it will be surrounded and sniffed and if it appears friendly then a good licking follows and if this is accepted by the stranger then it 's usually used for a good old scratch . |
| 21 | An eye movement period started and after it had persisted for 10 minutes , cold water was sprayed on his back . |
| 22 | When he started school , she only had to look after him before school started and after it finished , so she took on a part-time job as a lunch-time playground supervisor at the same school . |
| 23 | The bell boomed as though it came from the bowels of the earth . |
| 24 | Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties . |
| 25 | Secondly , Woolwich feared that if it failed in its legal arguments it might incur penalties . |
| 26 | Furthermore , the DUC also realized that the mining had to be prevented by preventing prospecting and not waiting to begin opposition with the planning applications for the mining itself : ‘ We always felt that if it came to an actual application for mining that we would lose . |
| 27 | They felt that if it set the wages of very poor people , the next thing it would do would be to start setting the wages of trade unionists . |
| 28 | Some doubting townsfolk had their reservations , so Thomas offered that if it did not have the desired effect he would forego his fee . |
| 29 | ‘ I felt guilty enough to want to help the marriage succeed because I 'd introduced them and had n't thought to warn Rachel , mainly because I did n't find him attractive myself and he 'd never come across as the great seducer with me , and I knew that if it did n't work , it would turn out to be a lifelong trap for her . |
| 30 | She could see the rage building up in her father and knew that when it burst he would lose all ability to reason . |