Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb past] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Londoner Dave Parris scored it 116–113 to the challenger , the Dane Torben Hansen scored it 116–112 Eubank with Ray Francis of England making it 115–115 . |
| 2 | The landlord of the Dersingham Arms saw it driven past at about three-twenty pm . |
| 3 | Silkin 's Bill received an unopposed second reading in May ; for the Conservatives W.S. Morrison gave it general support . |
| 4 | The allied word ‘ antibiotic , reached the English language when the botanist Marshall Hall used it 10 years later . |
| 5 | I hope they get through but the Post Office got it last night , did n't it ? ’ |
| 6 | Tony Jarrett , who grabbed the bronze in Tokyo after Jackson 's late withdrawal , was a smooth-looking second behind America 's Tony Dees , and Hughie Teape made it three Brits in the semis as a fastest loser . |
| 7 | Former Golden Gloves amateur Shea Neary made it three wins out of three ( all inside the distance ) since he turned professional by beating Sheffield lightweight Jason Barker . |
| 8 | And Malcolm Wilson made it two home drivers in the top 10 when he completed the last timed phase in seventh place behind the wheel of his Ford Sierra Cosworth . |
| 9 | Freezing rod rings made it hard work in the Wotsits Open on the Trent at Long Higgin where Simon Roff ( Tri-Cast Barnsley ) fished the feeder at long range for three chub to 4 lb 4 oz in a winning 9–3–8 . |
| 10 | Certainly the Chilean poet Pablo Neruda saw it that way and his long meditation ‘ The Heights of Machu Picchu ’ had ensured that the ancient city acted as a Mecca for all Latin American writers : |
| 11 | Debut winger , Innes Gray , scored two tries in three minutes as Ulster took control in the final quarter , and flanker Kevin McKee made it three tries in five minutes . |
| 12 | Champions Macclesfield made it four wins in a row when they inflicted Bowdon 's first defeat , Australian Darren Berry hammering a quickfire 94 not out . |
| 13 | Finally , after 180 gallons of water and three hundredweight of coal going through Jesse , Gerry Williams made it third time lucky . |
| 14 | In Hedley Byrne , however , the House of Lords considered that , for a duty of care to exist , it was sufficient to establish that the professional ought to have known that the third party would rely on his statement , Lord Reid put it this way : ‘ I say ‘ ought to have known ’ because in questions of negligence we now apply the objective standard of what the reasonable man would have done . ’ |
| 15 | The media was not interested : the New York Times gave it two paragraphs ; Life and Look magazines turned down the excellent investigative article by Washington freelance journalist Seymour Hersh , and the big news organisations failed to follow up tips about the case . |
| 16 | The Gunners ' Premier League challenge is virtually a write-off after the Bank Holiday Monday defeat at Aston Villa made it seven games without a win . |
| 17 | Saturday 's 1-0 reverse against Aston Villa made it seven defeats and five draws in the last dozen games . |
| 18 | After two successive League defeats , Abingdon Town made it third time lucky today with an emphatic three nil win over Horsham here at the Culham Road . |
| 19 | Indeed Michael Blair did it full justice several times last night and who says Josef Locke was n't standing in the wings giving it an envied ear … |
| 20 | Of the 287 people who saw the Carlyle exhibition , 94% rated it as Very Good or Good ; 90% of the 237 visitors who saw the MacLean exhibition gave it similar ratings ; and 78% of the 147 visitors to the Skinner exhibition considered it Very Good or Good . |