Example sentences of "it [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wright still managed an accurate shot but , unfortunately for him , it grazed the near post and rolled harmlessly across goal . |
| 2 | Luckily we killed it before it became a full-blown institution and today no one seriously expects that food , or clothing , or even that overriding necessity , a television set , should be subsidised for all consumers , still less for a minority . |
| 3 | To its critics , it became a mild tabloid and a very pale imitation of what was originally intended . |
| 4 | It became a runaway success and , until the introduction of PageMaker on the PC , had no real competition . |
| 5 | It became an annual event and a major source of Army income , with the public soon being asked to share in the exercise . |
| 6 | Before 1914 , it became the Irish TUC and Labour Party and was neutral to the Easter rising of 1916 . |
| 7 | While London did not consult the Dominions much on financial matters ( though it made a public ploy of doing so ) it lacked the political will or administrative means to make the rigorous control of dollar imports practised in the UK effective in those countries . |
| 8 | In Persia , the nationalist movement was anti-European and by 1906 it produced the first Majlis and a liberal constitution . |
| 9 | What was funny it made a loud noise but it hurt my ankle as well . |
| 10 | It made a detailed study and in particular conducted trial runs on both gauges under similar conditions . |
| 11 | There was a stool nearby , and , climbing on this , Seddon got on to the firm edge of the sink where it met the draining board and reached up to the hatch . |
| 12 | It blessed the religious communities and thereby committed the Anglican Communion to an official acceptance of monks and nuns in a way which was so far unique to the Churches which came out of the Reformation . |
| 13 | It provided the perfect sanctuary and Mountbatten was always there with time and interest to talk and advise . |
| 14 | One rather exciting will home made will I hasten to add I dealt with last year , the lady of some who was not getting on with her husband and I think although I 'm not absolutely sure that the handwriting is that of her sister and we have this form filled in and it mentioned the bank or special savings account and it mentioned the premium bonds and it mentioned everything in the back bedroom and the linen in the linen and the linen cupboard because she 'd brought all this lot and it failed to appoint an executor and it failed to deal with the residuary estate it meant that technically there was a partial intestacy , as there was a partial intestacy the rules applied to that , first person to inherit ? |
| 15 | It bore a French stamp and suddenly she did n't want to know what was inside that letter . |
| 16 | It bore the same postmark and was again disguised as a video . |
| 17 | It promised a secret ballot and the possibility of independent candidates standing against nominees of the AWP , provided that they gained the signatures of 300 or more sponsors . |
| 18 | It promised a 25-year blueprint and pledged greater choice for parents and pupils . |
| 19 | It entered a private collection but was ordered to be returned to the Nationalgalerie by the Soviet military administration in 1949 . |
| 20 | But MI5 deliberately ignored them as and when it suited because it believed no prime minister or Home Secretary would interfere nor would any member of the service break ranks and tell the truth about what really went on inside MI5 . |
| 21 | When Charles II fled across the country after his defeat at Worcester in 1651 , it caused a minor flurry but no more . |
| 22 | In 1963 , in B.R. days , it received a full overhaul and it is believed that a new front tube plate was fitted . |
| 23 | It received a lukewarm reaction but gave the band much needed exposure . |
| 24 | It sealed a comfortable victory and sent Rovers soaring into third place in the table . |
| 25 | It condemned the renewed fighting and called on the parties involved to observe an immediate ceasefire to allow the rapid distribution of aid to the people in desperate need … " |
| 26 | It spawned a trillion imitators and forced Primal Scream to become space-age voodoo rave psychedelecists . |
| 27 | It attracted a large Customs and Excise office and the Access credit card headquarters , but tourists were not encouraged . |
| 28 | It seemed an odd remark but he made it quite amiably and Carrie 's immediate reaction was one of relief : at least he was n't angry with her ! |
| 29 | It happened every single time and it is very upsetting indeed . |
| 30 | For a time it probably controlled the Adriatic coast from Rijeka to the Neretva and extended inland to the Hungarian border north of Zagreb and to the Drina valley in the south , where it faced the Byzantine empire and the Serbian principality of Raška . |