Example sentences of "[adj] it [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What was funny it made a loud noise but it hurt my ankle as well . |
| 2 | Everything looked so propitious it took a few minutes nibbling to realise that the lamb had been cooked to the point of anonymity and the prawns , although big and fat , were so bland they tasted more like good bread rolls than fish . |
| 3 | He would analyse the paper sample , photograph and enlarge each individual letter and then mount them on a comparison chart , and the jury would pass it solemnly from hand to hand and wonder wily it needed a highly-paid expert to come and explain what anyone could see with his own eyes . |
| 4 | Work-wise it followed a similar pattern to the previous day . |
| 5 | Close by reared the immense domed bulk of the Palais de Justice , a complex so large it covered a greater area than St Peter 's in Rome . |
| 6 | Now , in his early thirties , he was surrounded by an aura of such vital confidence that she was sure it attracted a positive response from anyone within his orbit . |
| 7 | The Ministry , though in general it had a weak set of personnel by Whitehall standards , was imbued with the common cultural attitudes of the mandarinate . |
| 8 | Yes that that 's right it had a special name . |