Example sentences of "[vb past] it contain " in BNC.
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| 1 | British brewers do not have to declare the ingredients they use but when American consumers ran a check of Miller Lite they found it contained corn syrup , propylene glycol alginate , papain enzymes and potassium metabisulphite . |
| 2 | She chewed hers and found it contained cod liver oil . |
| 3 | Led by this hint they opened the ground not far from the wall ; and not much more than a foot away from the surface they found a leaden envelope which they opened in two places , on the face and breast , and found it contained a human body wrapped in cerecloth : Upon removing what covered the face , they discovered the features , and particularly the eyes , in perfect preservation . |
| 4 | Once her mother , talking of Christmas , had said that as a child she had herself received no presents , as it had never occurred to anyone to buy such things — but that one year her elder brother , thinking to tease her , had hung at the end of her bed a stocking , and that when , excited , she had sprung to open it , she found it contained ashes from last night 's grate . |
| 5 | The public analyst found it contained 14 beetles , 24 larvae and nine pupal cases , also that it had the characteristics of the Australian beetle , which attacks and infests dried food products . |
| 6 | On one of their visits , there was an uncanny , if hilarious , echo of the kind of political and religious turmoil experienced by Olive 's family in years gone by One day they were boarding a boat and noticed it contained a large number of sticks , shaped like rifles . |
| 7 | A recent survey of the 443-kilometre Khutzeymateen valley showed it contained a population of 50 grizzlies , the largest known on Canada 's west coast , but that logging of the valley 's temperate rainforest-although it could be economic-- " would pose a substantial threat to the bears and the habitat " . |
| 8 | A BOMB disposal squad was called to blow up a suspect suitcase at Whitby railway station at the weekend — and discovered it contained a cornet and sheet music . |
| 9 | I saw it contained fifteen or twenty pages , and thought , my God , this is like the interview I did with Adenauer twenty years ago all over again ! |
| 10 | When I read it , I was at first very put off , but I 'm glad I persevered , as in the end I was quite charmed , and thought it contained some very shrewd observations , too . |
| 11 | Tests revealed it contained formic acid , which a doctor from Newcastle University said could be lethal to a child if only teaspoonful was swallowed . |
| 12 | What did it contain ? |
| 13 | ‘ And what did it contain ? ’ |
| 14 | Not only did it contain riveting performances from David Threlfall and our own Adrian Dunbar , it also delivered a fast-moving plot involving more twists than Chubby Checker . |
| 15 | Sometimes he said it contained eighty-one Communists , sometimes fifty-seven , sometimes ‘ a lot ’ . |
| 16 | He said it contained his own private cargo and that he wanted to unload it himself . |
| 17 | He said it contained engine components . |
| 18 | A top critic , Jeffrey Taylor of The Mail on Sunday , saw rehearsals of the ballet , and said it contained erotic love scenes . |
| 19 | The show came under attack before it even opened because one critic said it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic and a simulated sex act . |