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

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1 They felt it emphasised the Polish presence in the city .
2 No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem .
3 No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem .
4 They thought it included the contrary proposition that the law did not protect the fish .
5 Yesterday the National Audit Office , the official public spending watchdog , admitted it missed the legal aid bill — run up as Mr Lamont evicted a sex therapist from his flat — when it went through the Treasury accounts .
6 Disorganised French industry was slow to get into gear , and when it did it committed the traditional error — not emulated by the Germans — of having too many models .
7 I merely said it avoided the real issue . ’
8 In a joint press conference with Darlington borough council , the YMCA said it hoped the 30-bed hostel in Melland Street , off Borough Road would be open in spring , 1994 .
9 Tory Bill Walker said it showed the German nation in its true colours .
10 Shell said it appeared the 3,625 ton Danish refrigerated cargo ship Icestar had a fouled propeller .
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