Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but for us lot it made four nice medium size ones |
| 2 | The programme represented a departure from previous campaigns in that it concentrated on building belief in the ability to make decisions for oneself , and it used social cognitive theory techniques to ‘ inoculate ’ children against chronic self-doubt or learned helplessness . |
| 3 | At a glittering prize-giving dinner in Liverpool 's Adelphi Hotel it beat 150 other company journals to win the British Association of Industrial Editors Gold Award for an unprecedented second time . |
| 4 | The IMM commenced business in 1972 when it listed seven foreign currency futures contracts . |
| 5 | IBM also strengthened its position in the booming peripherals sector ; it developed various different networking systems . |
| 6 | It followed two huge interest rate rises of first two per cent , then another three . |
| 7 | It required some heavy duty digging — that 's where the soldiers came in . |
| 8 | It contained two narrow iron bedsteads furnished with dingy bed-linen and grey army blankets . |
| 9 | It took twenty-six separate Cabinet meetings to resolve the issue . |
| 10 | IT TOOK three head-on rail collisions before safety specialists started to analyse the risk at controversial junctions , a fatal accident inquiry heard yesterday . |
| 11 | To say it is a hidden village is an understatement as it took some hawk-eyed map reading and signpost spotting to get us there in the first place . |
| 12 | Britain was granted a specially lenient deal because Environment Minister Lord Caithness argued that it could not fit FGD in the required timescale , and that it had domestic high sulphur coal which it ‘ had to use ’ whereas other countries relied mainly on imported low sulphur coal . |
| 13 | It quoted Libyan civil aviation sources as saying that Al Kofra airport in Tripoli lost contact with the plane due to ‘ bad weather conditions ’ . |
| 14 | It was so successful that it replaced all other control methods and the insect ceased to be a major pest . |
| 15 | The first time was during the 1930s , when the court first read the commerce clause of the constitution so narrowly that it gutted much New Deal legislation , and then suddenly reversed itself . |