Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb past] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it made a long garage . |
| 2 | The evening was an enjoyable affair and it made a pleasant change not to have to leave Sally behind . |
| 3 | It had a beautiful soft tail and it made a sad sound : ‘ Eee-eee ! ’ |
| 4 | It was very necessary , and it made a sunny improvement in the event . |
| 5 | Anyhow , we had open views over the Heath and Vale of Health and it made a lovely family home even if it was badly designed with a huge wasteful " well " in the middle of the house which had the advantage of enabling us to come downstairs in a series of flying leaps , holding on to tall mahogany pillars at the corners of the stairway . |
| 6 | Chesterton , always a favourite author , was a Christian ; it was at this period that Lewis read The Everlasting Man , and it made a profound impression on him . |
| 7 | He says he was an army officer seconded to the site and it made a remarkable contribution to the war , as well as developing the first computer . |
| 8 | Trouble was he lived at Selsit , which was up over the Pennine Way , across the high moor , and it meant a three-hour trek there and back . |
| 9 | Lady Diana 's engagement to Prince Charles really put Althorp on the map , and it became a full-time job for me . |
| 10 | Er But it took people busy to get it paid , you know , and in fact there was some people that could n't , er and it became a big worry to people . |
| 11 | The Council 's presidents this time would not hear of it , no doubt after the consternation which had been caused the day before , and it received a favourable vote . |
| 12 | It redefined treason and sedition and severely constrained the freedoms of meeting , speech and writing , and it funded a massive output of loyalist pamphleteering to counteract the Rights of Man . |
| 13 | And it looked a nice pony one . |
| 14 | And it provoked a furious backlash from Labour and union leaders . |
| 15 | And it provoked a furious backlash from Labour and union leaders . |
| 16 | Sweet of her , and it brought a reluctant smile to Belinda 's lips . |
| 17 | And it followed a general election which of course is always a |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Mister Johnny talked in his gobbly voice all the way and it seemed a friendly noise now , pushing the night back . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And it seemed a good laugh . |
| 24 | You ca n't insure cash , as you know , but who cares , and it seemed a good present . |
| 25 | It 's my job to keep a check on the stock and it seemed a good chance to get something done … ’ |
| 26 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |