Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing . |
| 2 | In latter times , Philip II of Spain adopted the heraldic device of Bellerophon attacking the chimera , saying it represented the heretical England which he , also , intended to destroy . |
| 3 | While he was inside , however , the Wisconsin Supreme Court struck down the state law , saying it violated the first-amendment guarantee of free speech . |
| 4 | The Crown Princess of Jordan opened an exhibition of his work saying it captured the real colour of life . |
| 5 | An obvious trophy , it afforded irrefutable proof that the victim was male , and obtaining it gave the additional satisfaction of dishonouring the corpse . |
| 6 | Ownership of this asset accordingly conferred unchallengeable power and influence on a comparative minority , while at the same time working it gave the overwhelming majority of the population their livelihood . |