Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Again it amused him to note the general application of what he was beginning to think of as Wexford 's Law .
2 It asked him to omit the Foreign Secretary 's residence , and although generally to conform to the 1856 conditions , he should ascertain Hammond 's latest requirements and find out if the building could be reduced in size .
3 You can either draw it model it made me draw the last one I 'll model it this time , it 's good fun !
4 It helped them get the over-all view of what was happening here , ’ he said .
5 One of the key determinants of US policy towards Iraq last August was that it believed it has the military forces sufficient to evict Iraq from Kuwait .
6 It allowed us to do the same , if we wished , with our churches . ’
7 Fans wrote letters to the band enthusing and it prompted them to include the rustic version on the CD , cassette and French version of the single .
8 In order to prove it was not composed of ‘ patsies ’ , as Reagan put it , the United States insisted that Arafat repeat specifically worded concessions concerning terrorism and recognition of Israel , and when he failed to do so verbatim , it required him to repeat the authorized US version .
9 For instance , it enabled him to use the very struggle for a subject , which had occupied so much of his line , since we can partly see that struggle as a struggle within Milton over his own humanist heritage .
10 It enabled him to ask the bluntest of questions in the politest of tones and to disguise his opinion behind the blandest of smiles .
11 Picturesque asymmetry appealed to him because it enabled him to allow the logical sequence of the rooms and considerations of service and privacy to determine the entire plan from of the house without any unnecessary duplication of accommodation .
12 As soon as the handshake was complete , Charlotte turned away , eager to look elsewhere for the instant it took her to absorb the simple fact of his marriage .
13 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 .
14 We thought it was interference but when it continued we mapped the entire area . ’
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