Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basis of the control was that the courts have held that , when Parliament gives a public body statutory authority to act , it can be implied that Parliament intended it to act in a particular way ; in good faith , in a reasonable manner , in accordance with the requirements of natural justice . |
| 2 | Why when he had lavished so much care and time , not to mention a medium-sized fortune on this aeroplane did it let him down so utterly ? |
| 3 | From the way this lady spoke it seems to me like , like a that , that sort of er organisation , from the establishment . |
| 4 | Another director made it sound like a Faustian pact with the devil : ‘ You have to be careful not to lose your soul ’ , he whispered . |
| 5 | Little over FFr 250,000 sold , and some dealers said it had been difficult to get collectors to concentrate on highly priced items , let along sign cheques , in the crowded conditions of the George V basement . |
| 6 | RECONNAISSANCE was of paramount importance in the Pacific War and the Yokosuka R2Y1 Keiun ( Beautiful Cloud ) would have been superb in this role had it entered service . |
| 7 | Some users thought it gave greater " precision " or " tied down their ideas . " |
| 8 | While it was widely felt that CPA formalised good practice , some respondents said it included too many patients , impinged on clinical judgement , and required more resources to implement properly . |
| 9 | Not surprisingly , the game was very close and as half time approached it took a piece of individual brilliance to put St Albans ahead . |
| 10 | Some joker had it nailed to the floor . |
| 11 | And how much time did it take to make the coffin ? |
| 12 | English Heritage does not even want these sites investigated it seems , because they regard excavation as crude and too intrusive . |
| 13 | The fact that there was no sense of any history of lesbian and gay struggle in any of these articles made it seem incomprehensible why any council would have adopted any policy or set up any unit to serve the needs of lesbians and gays . |
| 14 | How many necks did it have ? |
| 15 | And how many bedrooms did it have ? |
| 16 | And how many men did it need to ring the bells ? |
| 17 | Most atheists were in favour of abolishing blasphemy while nearly all Muslims wanted it to cover Islam . |
| 18 | How many folks did it carry ? ’ and when he refused to answer , added stiffly : ‘ Jess … that 's what I 'm called , ’ as a first move to soften him — and then remembered she was supposed to be a boy . |
| 19 | Did you how many strikes did it take to get entry ? |
| 20 | Harvard dealers were granted the same perk and for that reason kept it concealed from clients , even if it would swing the sale . |
| 21 | Thus , although the cities were fiscally too valuable for the government deliberately to stunt their economic and institutional development , its own needs led it to do just that . |
| 22 | Only when he had returned to his own office did it occur to him to flick through his passport 's pages . |
| 23 | European movements of national liberation were the most important forms of popular rebellion during their lifetime , but the intellectual atmosphere of mid-nineteenth-century London as well as their own convictions made it seem that nationalism was a temporary phase , and that internationalism was the norm , or at least the force that would grow most powerfully in the future . |
| 24 | Later , it was to take on consultative functions ; in practice , most observers expected it to act as a clearing house for mutual trade between its members , which was expected to remain important for some years , and to co-ordinate east European policy toward the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 25 | Mind ye , they 've goat the money tae build anither Gallery , but yon Burrell said it had to be outside of Glasgow so the fog and smoke and that disna' get the pictures . |
| 26 | No , most people used it to get their er their er their weekly ration in |