Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb past] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admitted fondling his ex-girlfriend 's daughter , but Social services assumed it had accurred 5 years before and his own children were n't in danger . |
| 2 | Every Member I interviewed believed that television had increased public interest in Parliament and most thought it had improved public understanding of how the Commons works , It is even more important , however , that the House should be televised so that the public can follow the actual matters being debated in Parliament . |
| 3 | A FRESH row brewed last night over the contentious Channel Tunnel rail link through the south-east of England after the Labour Party claimed it had obtained full details of the route . |
| 4 | Astonishingly he defended his policy of imposing sky high 36.3 per cent rates , saying it had cut unauthorised loans by almost a third in a year . |
| 5 | E&Y vehemently denied the allegations , saying it had provided adequate warning of the plan 's collapse , and claiming that the suit was filed in order to deflect criticism away from the insurance commissioner . |
| 6 | Where this gas had combined with the monsoon rains it had produced weak solutions of sulphuric acid and these had etched the exposed architectural surfaces to a dead white . |
| 7 | I had to concede it had made compelling reading , from an historical point of view , but I did not anticipate referring to its pages again , not in present circumstances . |
| 8 | Recently the National Trust announced it had bought large areas of the Mournes , including Binnian and Donard , so with good management , facilities and access might improve without the area losing its appeal . |
| 9 | Deploying all of the ritual tactics of a US bid battle , Chevron , founded by the Rockefeller family , filed a lawsuit to remove Pennzoil as a shareholder claiming it had violated anti-trust laws with its share purchases . |
| 10 | The army denied it had attacked civilian targets , but Sarajevo television showed several homes damaged by rockets in the village of Siroki Breg . |
| 11 | British Telecom said it had redirected 300 numbers by last night . |
| 12 | Ms Kennedy , who is writing a book on women in the criminal justice system , said it had become common practice in rape trials to employ women lawyers for the defence . |
| 13 | Last week Shepherd Neame said it had leased 60 pubs . |
| 14 | Kent brewer Shepherd Neame said it had leased 60 Whitbread pubs in the south-east of England . |
| 15 | American Express , which has put a ‘ fraud alert ’ warning on its April statements , said it had refunded all complainants in full . |
| 16 | American Express , which has put a ‘ fraud alert ’ warning on its April statements , said it had refunded all complainants in full . |
| 17 | In its report , the pollution inspectorate said it had received 80,000 responses — 77 per cent of which opposed approval of the plant — but found " no points of substance " to cause it to reconsider the terms of its draft licence for the plant . |
| 18 | Speaking at the end of the two days of talks , Mrs Thatcher said it had helped some countries combat inflation . |
| 19 | Speaking at the end of the two days of talks , Mrs Thatcher said it had helped some countries combat inflation . |
| 20 | But yesterday Forum rejected the criticism and said it had put seven names to Mr Adamec for the cabinet posts . |
| 21 | It said it had sold 38,000 NT developers ' kits to date . |
| 22 | He wished it had happened that way . |