Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I grew up in Kensal Green — which is just up the road from Ladbroke Grove — it became one of the areas the first wave of black immigrants came to . |
| 2 | in Hungary it produced one of the performances , completing five laps in pre-qualifying , the best of which was 23.5secs slower than Thierry Boutsen 's pole winning time . |
| 3 | It snatched one of the sticks that Philip was holding and dragged it to the far side of the feeding-place , barking . |
| 4 | As a baby brother to the all-singing and dancing Publisher 's Paintbrush , it maintained much of the functionality of the more expensive product , but at a vastly reduced cost . |
| 5 | Moreover , it reported some of the speeches and activities of Nyerere , who led the nationalist party ( TANU ) from its formation in 1954 . |
| 6 | The district council 's public relations manager Chris Trim said the District Commercial Services was separate from the council and run as a public company , although it used some of the council 's facilities such as payroll and computers . |
| 7 | It drove two of the witnesses to the door , one of them Bloxham , whose nausea overtook him before he could reach the corridor . |
| 8 | It attracted some of the activists of the DUAC and leftists from both the NILP and the republican movement . |
| 9 | Mr Seymour headed an inquiry into the Bellgrove crash but when his report was eventually published , it ignored many of the recommendations of a separate fatal accident inquiry into it . |
| 10 | It came fourth of the BBC 's network options — after Radio 1 , Radio 4 and Radio 2 . |
| 11 | It came fourth of the BBC 's network options — after Radio 1 , Radio 4 and Radio 2 . |
| 12 | It was the First World War because it affected most of the people of the world . |
| 13 | The monarch twice interrupted journeys to give a royal address and complained it seemed unworthy of the birthplace of railways . |
| 14 | It rained most of the time , and when we were kicked out of the youth hostel for the day we walked around and sat in bus shelters . |
| 15 | Weather did not deter them ; it rained most of the time and they traversed ground that had little or no trace of thoroughfare . |
| 16 | After previous days ' lovely weather , disappointed that visibility was poor and it rained most of the time . |
| 17 | Though it captured much of the dynamic of British and American FDI in the pre-oil shock world , it failed to anticipate subsequent developments in corporate strategy or indeed what had motivated investors from other countries . |
| 18 | Then it showed two of the coaches of the second train sprawled across the track . |
| 19 | It hung two-thirds of the way down a nine-feet drop and kept coming , then paused . |
| 20 | He named it Stegman ( a steg is a male goose ) and it spent most of the summer on the reservoir but always wintered at West Birk Hatt . |
| 21 | Like the Middle East Commandos from which the bulk of the unit originated , the SBS never quite obtained the recognition it deserved , being little known even within the theatre in which it spent most of the war . |
| 22 | It came right off the middle and sailed over the fence , but it landed short of the window , hit a railing and bounced away . |
| 23 | There was the sound of crunching metal as it hit one of the trees a glancing blow and came to a rocking halt . |
| 24 | After four days it acquitted three of the defendants on all charges , and acquitted Powell — who had delivered most of the blows — on all but one minor count upon which the jury remained undecided . |
| 25 | It brought both of the Lorrimores to their feet in an incredulous rush , but they had only to look at the faces crowding behind her to know it was true . |
| 26 | When the first draft of Li 's report was presented a fortnight ago it incorporated many of the demands for faster reform voiced earlier this year by China 's elder statesman , Deng Xiaoping . |
| 27 | It saw much of the fighting between Moors and Christians during El Cid 's lifetime . |
| 28 | A curious mixture of shade , energy and colour , it transcended most of the other material on the album because it contained one of the group 's main strengths — a great chorus . |
| 29 | For reasons to be explained , the original legislation was found to be defective , and was amended in 1976 ( and placed into the legislative context of the Public Order Act 1936 ) , but even after amendment it still gave rise to complaints that it fell short of the aspirations of its promoters in its effects . |
| 30 | It lay clear of the edge of the forest , closely grouped round the manor and its walled courtyard . |