Example sentences of "[noun pl] it [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For many women in coal communities it provided the only wage labour available to them , and for the first time it provided wages for the work they 'd always done . |
| 2 | Replying formally on April 5 , the Supreme Council repeated the call for immediate negotiations , but in conciliatory statements it acknowledged the Soviet leadership 's concern at events in Lithuania , and stressed that it did not seek to sever economic relations and " cultural and human ties " with the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | The emphatic denigration contained in this locational insult had to be heard to be understood , and in many ways it paralleled the dismissive tone used to deride the ‘ civvy ’ , for nuances of speech and tone have immense meaning to insiders . |
| 4 | In most regions , the assassination tended to unite the badly fragmented Congress Party , but in a few regions it had the opposite result , which caused that party to gain less ground in those states ) . |
| 5 | He went on : ’ when comparing Kent with 13 southern counties it had the lowest number of school leavers with five GCSEs grade A to C the second highest number of pupils leaving with no qualifications , the 12th lowest number staying on at 16 . ’ |
| 6 | His face was flaky in some places , the texture of dried glue , while in others it bore the pin-prick traces of acne . |