Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was also substantial cross-group agreement on the selection of this feature , with most groups arguing that the 'summarising " nature of this sentence made it a strong candidate for an opening to the story . |
| 2 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot made it a double raid on London when he also signed Chelsea 's Dutch defender Ken Monkou for a similar figure . |
| 3 | Sir Michael Angus made it a double whammy for Unilever as the outgoing plc chairman , soon to take up the cudgels on behalf of the CBI , entered the International Marketing Hall of Fame . |
| 4 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 5 | Howes thought it a prescient occasion . |
| 6 | Gurder and Angalo gave it a critical look . |
| 7 | In the last-named work he opened up lines of interpretation which , even if somewhat modified since , set firm foundations on which other scholars might build : the exuberant vigour and almost Niagara-like outpouring of scholarship gave it a memorable quality . |
| 8 | Visitors found it a lovely house , full of air and hospitality . |
| 9 | Tallis fed it a meagre handful of the oats she carried . |
| 10 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 11 | Anabelle thought it a splendid treat , and drank it down at once . |
| 12 | Nails thought it a good idea . |
| 13 | Loot gave it a whole lot of new reasons for guilt complexes . ’ |
| 14 | Aden was the right place for forward operating facilities , but its scorching barren rocks and unhealthy climate made it an unattractive place in which to station Army and RAF units of the Strategic Reserve . |
| 15 | The Italians made it a central part of their defence arrangements because of its fine natural harbour , and erected barracks to house 20,000 soldiers . |
| 16 | Team mate Ricardo Patrese came in second , while Michael Schumacher of the Witney-based Benetton team made it a Central South hat-trick . |
| 17 | The Boer War brought the first murmurs of coalitionism , a sense of national crisis brought the first attempt to form a coalition , and the advent of the First World War made it a practical possibility . |
| 18 | ‘ I knew Faye had some complications and needed a nurse — Tom mentioned it the other day — but I had no idea you were a sort of watchdog as well . |
| 19 | David did not in fact begin to relax his reserve until nearly a week after the telegram had arrived , when Julia judged it a suitable moment to say that she and Anthony would be making other plans for Easter . |
| 20 | The king personally rewarded him with the Victorian Order , fourth class , but broke off relations when the disgruntled recipient of the decoration returned it the following day . |
| 21 | Stephen thought it a curious place to leave one 's car , blocking , or partly blocking , the northbound roadway , while taking it a farther ten yards on would have enabled its driver to pull in onto the bridlepath that traversed the Vale as far as the Reeve 's way . |
| 22 | Colt thought it a serious mistake by his target to have gone in person to the Syrian Embassy . |
| 23 | He noted that its heavy brow-ridges gave it an ape-like appearance , but rejected it as a ‘ missing link ’ because of its large capacity . |
| 24 | Yet the size of the rural community gave it a potent voice in political affairs . |
| 25 | When the Japanese base was established at Ermera during the early summer , its 20-mile supply route led through country familiar to the Australians , the road running south from Dili , and despite the Japanese posts guarding the convoys , Australian ambushes made it a hazardous supply run . |
| 26 | Inflation made it a negligible amount , in any case . ’ |
| 27 | The Greens had eight members in the old republican assembly elected in April 1990 when Slovenia was still part of Yugoslavia , and when the party 's pacifist orientation made it an active participant in the nationalist , anti-communist Democratic Opposition . |
| 28 | Atlantic City 's vast beach and boardwalk made it the American seaside resort of the nineteenth century . |
| 29 | Emmie found it a dreadful sound . |
| 30 | Patrick 's Hill was so long and steep that even pedestrians found it an excessive strain , and its footpaths had been layered with sets of steps at regular intervals to make the ascent tolerable . |