Example sentences of "[det] [noun] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So many cities enrolled him as a freeman , usually by giving him a scroll of membership in a gold box , that Horace Walpole summed up his popularity in the phrase ‘ For some weeks it rained gold boxes ’ , and the more prosaic Duke of Newcastle recognized that no government could survive if Pitt opposed it . |
| 2 | In some way it conveyed utter disbelief . |
| 3 | In this way it facilitated public representation of the relationship between the state , capital , and an emerging working class as one of pre-eminent moral stature . ’ |
| 4 | It had never hurt before in anything but high jump but this time it hurt long jumping . |
| 5 | From these figures it monitored key ratios which indicated the capital adequacy , liquidity and degree of risk for each firm . |
| 6 | At the same time it recommended enhanced powers for chief executives to arbitrate in sensitive political matters : for example , applying the rules for party balance on committees , determining whether an individual council has a need to inspect a document or attend a meeting , and deciding which chief officers should attend party group meetings . |
| 7 | At the same time it offered great entertainment for the onlookers . |
| 8 | Unlike most dinosaurs it had sharp teeth with which it ate smaller creatures . |