Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Well , if a brick layer lays bricks why does n't a plumbers lay plums and it said the little boy to his mother . |
| 32 | So I think life was erm boring , tough , hard-working , pretty unpleasant during the war , erm and I think most of the citizens must have been very very relieved when the surrender finally came , and it brought no actual fighting , and at least the city was left reasonably unscathed . |
| 33 | Sweet of her , and it brought a reluctant smile to Belinda 's lips . |
| 34 | This was a politico-literary piece , and it brought the following response , dated 5 may 1936 . |
| 35 | And it followed a general election which of course is always a |
| 36 | It turned the attention , and the skills , of those within the company to the younger , singles-buying music audience , and it attracted a different kind of group to the label . |
| 37 | This was the third year running that Booker Fitch had given the award to students on the HCIMA course , and it attracted the greatest number of entries to date . |
| 38 | Shortly after my return , the Governor was to make a tour of Central Burma and it seemed a great opportunity for me to gauge conditions outside Rangoon , so I was invited to accompany him . |
| 39 | Mister Johnny talked in his gobbly voice all the way and it seemed a friendly noise now , pushing the night back . |
| 40 | In fact , there was no chance of losing her job , but sooner or later she would have to go and it seemed a good idea to lay down a time now . |
| 41 | With difficulty , though , she hid her ire — and it seemed a good idea then to reply to this high and mighty man with what he all too clearly wanted to hear . |
| 42 | And it seemed a good laugh . |
| 43 | You ca n't insure cash , as you know , but who cares , and it seemed a good present . |
| 44 | It 's my job to keep a check on the stock and it seemed a good chance to get something done … ’ |
| 45 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 46 | The most frightening is rainforest destruction , and being a carpenter and joiner by trade anyway I have used many threatened species in my past and it seemed a good thing to start with . |
| 47 | It was only when I was almost in despair that I recalled having seen a letter written by a knitter from overseas , about an easy way to make cables and it seemed a pleasant way to take a break by referring back a few months until I found the letter from — you 've guessed it — June Shaw . |
| 48 | The part of her story about the pressure of Government cuts was true , and it seemed a long time since she 'd existed in a world that was n't penny-pinching . |
| 49 | I 'm built for action , and it seemed a raw deal being dumped in a desolate corner of London with the kind of instructions you 'd give an old man on retirement . |
| 50 | Whatever was supposed to be wrong had never hindered Rosenthal 's career , and it seemed the real reason for Udinese 's calling off the transfer — they signed Argentinian striker Abel Balbo instead — was the level of anti-semitism in the town . |
| 51 | ‘ We are always busy here , and it seemed the right time to start planning for an extension , ’ she said . |
| 52 | I learnt with someone else , did two years and then er that was an accident if you like that I got involved cos somebody wanted me to be involved and and it seemed the right thing at the time . |
| 53 | I think they 'd always sort of wanted to go and explore , yes , and it seemed the ideal time , the boys were just about school age , erm , sort of you could well . |
| 54 | Bert knew that Mrs Tremayne wanted a fence repaired and it seemed an excellent opportunity to use his sudden free time by visiting Four Winds . |
| 55 | ‘ Barnet 's barmy army ’ it read and it seemed an apt description of an outfit that are n't Even Barry Fry , the manager whose latest sacking and return enlivened another crazy week at Underhill , admits that the club , which beat Rochdale 2-0 on Saturday , is a laughing stock . |
| 56 | This represented a very different target group to the one with which I was familiar , and it seemed an alien approach to me . |
| 57 | And it came a heavy shower , thunder shower . |
| 58 | A horrible weakness seemed to have invaded her limbs and it took a supreme effort to drag her attention back to the conversation . |
| 59 | Jenna slept badly , waking with a throbbing pain in her head , and it took a great effort to swing both her feet from the bed and sit on the edge . |
| 60 | And it took a great deal of effort to set up , a lot of work already done . |