Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As the granite cooled it squeezed out hot fluids containing mineral ores in solution . |
| 2 | They defined fire as a means of warmth and used it to heat their dwellings ; as a means of defence and used it to ward off wild animals ; and as a means of transforming substances and employed it for cooking and hardening the points of wooden spears . |
| 3 | Father trapped one with the old Malayan gourd trick , and discovered it to have only four toes on each foot and four fingers on each hand . |
| 4 | This enabled it to gulp down large chunks of meat that would have been too large to swallow . |
| 5 | Ace thought of it as some sort of insect , although she knew it had too many legs . |
| 6 | When first formed it had only 12 members ; it now has 30,000 . |
| 7 | However , I could see his logic , which was that not only did it burn about three times as much wood as an enclosed stove but the draught from the chimney sucked up a considerable amount of the underfloor heating , and even though it cost us nothing , it was poor economics . |
| 8 | The Pentagon was interested in the role of certain Commonwealth countries as well as Britain herself , nor did it rule out separate arrangements with the more important of them if necessary . |
| 9 | Why did it sell so many copies by word of mouth ? |
| 10 | With only one opponent behind me , showing A-2-4-5 and declining to change , I knew I had it sewn up both ways . |
| 11 | While it was widely felt that CPA formalised good practice , some respondents said it included too many patients , impinged on clinical judgement , and required more resources to implement properly . |