Example sentences of "it [pron] [vb past] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ When , some time later , he and I discussed who might take over the responsibility for producing it I rejected the traditional drama types , who did the children 's serials , and said that I wanted somebody , full of vinegar , who 'd be prepared to break rules in doing the show . |
| 2 | The whole world fell away beneath us as we soared upwards , and leaning back and enjoying it I watched the little valley unfold along its twisting length until I could see away into the main Dale with the great hills billowing round and white into the dark clouds . |
| 3 | Some of their ideas were shown to work ; the counter-inflation programme ( or at least that part of it which closed the inflationary gap from the fiscal end ) was worked out by them and was a successful contrast to the experience of World War I. Yet by itself the explanation is inadequate . |
| 4 | Well , who was it who had the last laugh now ? |
| 5 | What 's it she said the other day something about |
| 6 | Even as she said it she recalled the growing doubts and disgust which had been another spur driving her to accept Clive 's invitation . |
| 7 | Among the latter was a letter for Silas , and as she lifted it she caught the faintest hint of perfume . |
| 8 | In it he recounted the farcical activities of a couple who wished to divorce but were unable to do so unless one partner committed , or pretended to commit , an act of adultery . |