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

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1 As far as I was concerned , it made it the logical time to sell .
2 Cos it helped me the last time .
3 In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation .
4 Someone of my acquaintance once broke her ankle by falling over in the bathroom and while she could have dragged herself quite easily along the floor to a telephone in the bedroom if she had had one , as it was it took her the best part of an agonising hour to struggle down the stairs to the phone in the living room .
5 Once installed , back in 1976 , they began the long and laborious process of renovating it themselves , without any professional help , which partly explains why it took them the best part of 10 years .
6 It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously .
7 It gave her the uncomfortable feeling of being turned inside out for better examination .
8 And it gave him the halfway lead of 132 , 12 under par .
9 Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around .
10 Maybe that does n't sound like anything , but I 'll tell you it gave me the strangest feeling I ever had .
11 It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown .
12 Robin Barton had been asking his dad , Bernard , about setting up a tropical aquarium , and when they saw PFK 's beginners ' series it gave them the final incentive to begin .
13 It struck me the other day .
14 A moment later , I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away , still standing on his own , and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company .
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