Example sentences of "[noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Team mate Ricardo Patrese came in second , while Michael Schumacher of the Witney-based Benetton team made it a Central South hat-trick . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Yet the size of the rural community gave it a potent voice in political affairs . |
| 8 | Inflation made it a negligible amount , in any case . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Atlantic City 's vast beach and boardwalk made it the American seaside resort of the nineteenth century . |
| 11 | She hesitated to call it a party , but the hostess thought it a good opporotunity to invite round like-minded friends . |
| 12 | And when the King thought it a fit season , he spake to him and said , that Doña Ximena Gomez , the daughter of the Count whom he had slain , had come to ask him for her husband , and would forgive him her father 's death ; wherefore he besought him to think it good to take her to be his wife , in which case he would show him great favour . |
| 13 | A certain national tabloid put it a different way today : Yanks 2 Planks 0 . |
| 14 | Because I 've had it for four years now and I 'm you know a woman touched it the other day and she got really paranoid . |
| 15 | Even his own father thought it a big weakness . |
| 16 | The opera , like Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess the following year , used an all-Black cast and the staging and choreography gave it a British connection since it was by Frederick Ashton . |
| 17 | This casement window was badly rotted , and its ground floor location and reasonable size made it an ideal subject for first attempt |
| 18 | This in turn made it a simple matter to adapt Watt 's engine to provide rotary motion . |
| 19 | The fertile soil made it a grain-surplus area , in contrast to Belorussia and the north-west in general . |
| 20 | In 1715 , in return for writing off two years of annuity payments worth something over £1 million , the government permitted it a fresh share issue which brought its capital up to £10 million , about half of the entire joint-stock capital in the country . |
| 21 | King Cheops 's ship lay for 4600 years in a dry rock chamber kept it a stable temperature and humidity by massive limestone blocks above it . |
| 22 | The Sudanese government , after weeks of insisting that reports of imminent famine were " baseless " , had asked potential donor countries on Oct. 25 for 75,000 tonnes of grain as a standby until an evaluation of the harvest gave it a clearer idea of the extent of the food shortage . |
| 23 | The win made it a double celebration for Betty and husband Arthur . |
| 24 | The limited number of large power stations , a comparatively small work-force with little history of industrial action , and a strong , centralized organization made it an attractive proposition for governments wanting to maintain clear control over energy supply . |
| 25 | Sampson added that the gambling city 's ability to put on major events and Caesars ' commitment to the World Cup made it a logical choice over Orlando and Phoenix , the two other cities that had hoped to win . |
| 26 | The element of risk gave it an added excitement . |
| 27 | The resulting film made it an overnight tourist attraction . |
| 28 | The Duty Officer made it a fifth time , glanced , not without anxiety at the brief-case , momentarily at Frau Nordern , then with relief , over her shoulder , and jerked his lumps and bumps . |
| 29 | Dave Wensley 's hat-trick in the opening 10 minutes of the final period gave Tigers a 6-5 lead and with 28 seconds left , Alan Gould 's goal made it a 7-5 win for Telford . |
| 30 | What is clear is that the military origins of nuclear power in this country gave it a powerful boost as an infant technology , and that the umbilical cord has not been severed . |