Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On March 27 the Russian Supreme Soviet rejected the government 's draft budget for the second quarter of 1992 and ordered it to present a new version in April . |
| 32 | So we drew a cow on it and signed it to start a new trend . |
| 33 | At the end of May 1792 the College decided it had no further occasion for the service of Blaine , who had been assisting Vial as demonstrator in anatomy . |
| 34 | When landlord John Gardner bought the pub he decided it needed a new colour scheme . |
| 35 | When landlord John Gardner bought the pub he decided it needed a new colour scheme . |
| 36 | Although the member States had created the Council , once established it became a separate entity with its own international executive . |
| 37 | William the Conqueror meant it to impress the rebellious Londoners with his power , as well as protecting them . ’ |
| 38 | I only saw it open a few times but as far as I remember there were a couple of old ledgers and a stack of pocket files . ’ |
| 39 | A spark of hope was rekindled in him , as his eye traced the faint line and saw it formed a two-foot square . |
| 40 | They felt it emphasised the Polish presence in the city . |
| 41 | Jess felt it like a physical blow . |
| 42 | ‘ Children have been used up to this because we felt it showed a non-violent style . ’ |
| 43 | Type-cases too were heavy , and if one fell it took a long time to sort out the type again . |
| 44 | Because once costed it represents the estimated fee for the group 's involvement in a project , either in the form of an appointment contract for the client to sign . |
| 45 | All this information , compiled during a journey that may have lasted as much as a quarter of an hour , enabled it to deduce the exact course it had to take in order to arrive back at its nest-hole . |
| 46 | The Bonn family financed the Bureau for a number of years and enabled it to recruit a small staff which laid the foundations for the development of the organisation into what it is to-day . |
| 47 | Detailing the design features that gave the Connie its unique shape the film goes on to show the various changes and marks of the Connie that enabled it to become a flying legend in civil and military use . |
| 48 | This enabled it to survive the mass defection of four consultants — equal to almost half their team — led by David Norman in 1982–3 . |
| 49 | Profitable as the business was , the brothers knew it had a limited lifespan . |
| 50 | I had heard the word before , and knew it meant a cruel punishment often used by pirates — leaving a man alone on some distant , empty island . |
| 51 | From that moment he had had respect for Blanche : he knew it took a rare combination of self-confidence and courage to admit she had been wrong . |
| 52 | I zipped back along the M20 , letting Armstrong have his head as I thought it made a nice change for him not to plod through heavy traffic at ten miles an hour . |
| 53 | Yes that you said it er Pat thought it seemed a good thing , the way you were saying it |
| 54 | I thought it seemed a funny thing to do . |
| 55 | But at the end I thought it got a little bit too silly . |
| 56 | thought , yeah , I thought it looked a nice colour , it does look , you know , it does look nice and shiny and |
| 57 | I had noticed the scaffolding placed around it the week before and thought it looked an odd sight , with the Chairman 's head just visible over the striped plastic sheeting . |
| 58 | None thought it deserved a higher chart placing . |
| 59 | The Audi that thought it had a clear run had to brake hard … |
| 60 | No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem . |