Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My hair had more shine than before and I found it left a stronger smell than other conditioners which I really liked .
2 ‘ Certainly found it cured a few problems , ’ André finished for her .
3 Led by this hint they opened the ground not far from the wall ; and not much more than a foot away from the surface they found a leaden envelope which they opened in two places , on the face and breast , and found it contained a human body wrapped in cerecloth : Upon removing what covered the face , they discovered the features , and particularly the eyes , in perfect preservation .
4 It looked awful at first — so bad it was wonderful — but as it dried it revealed an incredible gradient of colour . ’
5 On one of their visits , there was an uncanny , if hilarious , echo of the kind of political and religious turmoil experienced by Olive 's family in years gone by One day they were boarding a boat and noticed it contained a large number of sticks , shaped like rifles .
6 In an address to Young Unionists , the Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP slammed SDLP and Eire politicians who claimed it cost a million pounds each day to secure the border .
7 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 .
8 When landlord John Gardner bought the pub he decided it needed a new colour scheme .
9 When landlord John Gardner bought the pub he decided it needed a new colour scheme .
10 Although the member States had created the Council , once established it became a separate entity with its own international executive .
11 A spark of hope was rekindled in him , as his eye traced the faint line and saw it formed a two-foot square .
12 They felt it emphasised the Polish presence in the city .
13 ‘ Children have been used up to this because we felt it showed a non-violent style . ’
14 Type-cases too were heavy , and if one fell it took a long time to sort out the type again .
15 Profitable as the business was , the brothers knew it had a limited lifespan .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 Yes that you said it er Pat thought it seemed a good thing , the way you were saying it
20 I thought it seemed a funny thing to do .
21 But at the end I thought it got a little bit too silly .
22 thought , yeah , I thought it looked a nice colour , it does look , you know , it does look nice and shiny and
23 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 .
24 None thought it deserved a higher chart placing .
25 The Audi that thought it had a clear run had to brake hard …
26 No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem .
27 No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem .
28 ( In my enthusiasm , I sent this letter to everyone whose name and number were on my telephone pad ( I ’ d been out rather a lot , and other members of the family took the calls ) ; this included someone who 'd phoned for a different reason , and next day I got a somewhat bemused call from an elderly gentleman who had never heard of Donkey Lane , but thought it sounded a splendid project and wanted to know all about it .
29 Alice thought it sounded a hand-to-mouth existence .
30 They thought it included the contrary proposition that the law did not protect the fish .
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