Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb past] it [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stok quoted it with an excellent Highland accent , ‘ Robert Burns , ’ pronounced Stok , ’ ‘ To a Mouse ’ . ’ |
| 2 | It was once a country remedy for rheumatism , using the fresh green tops made into a tea , and Culpeper recommended it as an excellent medicine for the " quinsy … to gargle it , when boiled with figs " . |
| 3 | The dress proved such a hit that the London company who made the original for Diana turned it into an off-the-peg line . |
| 4 | The fried brains , the sun-bleached looks , the tie-dyed duds , the slurred intonation , the language — Spicoli walked it like an entire demographic talked it : incomprehensibly . |
| 5 | Whatever it was , the Regent saw it as an unlooked-for opportunity . |
| 6 | McFarlane won it in an extraordinary 10.08 seconds , gale assisted . |
| 7 | Desert Storm commander , General Norman Schwarzkopf described it as an historic day : a day to make it clear who was in charge . |