Example sentences of "they [vb past] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Harrington and Lewis both said they found it a pleasant change from their usual routine . |
2 | And although Whigs under Anne liked to claim that James had been deposed for breaking his original contract with the people , they found it a credible way of embarrassing their political opponents to argue that it was the Tories who had been responsible for James 's downfall . |
3 | In the old Tarzan movies they used drums , and they also used natives and the warriors carried a stick , they called it a forked stick and it looks like the assembly might need a new set of forked sticks |
4 | MANCHESTER UNITED and Leeds were first and second on this day last year — and they kept it a two-horse race to the end in the old First Division . |
5 | They gave it a thousand letters they gave it money |
6 | They gave it a clean bill of health . |