Example sentences of "a [noun] it [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | As a rule it contains varying proportions of base or less precious metals . |
2 | ‘ When I was a girl it took twelve yards of cloth just to make an underskirt for a ball gown . |
3 | For a while it organised mass meetings outside Eastbourne and Rye and sought to push up wages during the harvest season . |
4 | Chased by police vehicles and a helicopter it rammed three cars as it careered down the wrong side of city centre roads . |
5 | A property it acquired many years ago is carried at a valuation . |
6 | At least five shots had now been fired from Foster 's Police Positive , and being a revolver it held six rounds . |
7 | As a forum it involves larger numbers of working-class men and women than any other form of adult education in Britain , and it appeals to them as representatives of a wider movement of working people , banded together into continuing and accountable organisations . |
8 | This is a sentiment I strongly agree with , but as an argument it has three problems . |