Example sentences of "it [vb past] [art] [adj] [noun] and " 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 | In Persia , the nationalist movement was anti-European and by 1906 it produced the first Majlis and a liberal constitution . |
| 8 | It made a detailed study and in particular conducted trial runs on both gauges under similar conditions . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It provided the perfect sanctuary and Mountbatten was always there with time and interest to talk and advise . |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | It bore a French stamp and suddenly she did n't want to know what was inside that letter . |
| 14 | It bore the same postmark and was again disguised as a video . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It promised a 25-year blueprint and pledged greater choice for parents and pupils . |
| 17 | In 1963 , in B.R. days , it received a full overhaul and it is believed that a new front tube plate was fitted . |
| 18 | It sealed a comfortable victory and sent Rovers soaring into third place in the table . |
| 19 | 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 … " |
| 20 | It spawned a trillion imitators and forced Primal Scream to become space-age voodoo rave psychedelecists . |
| 21 | It attracted a large Customs and Excise office and the Access credit card headquarters , but tourists were not encouraged . |
| 22 | It happened every single time and it is very upsetting indeed . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | They passed it on 19th April when it obtained the Royal Assent and became law with the short title , The Public Offices Extension Act 1859 . |
| 25 | It pounded the soft earth and gurgled along the gutters to splash with relentless monotony into the tub outside the back door . |
| 26 | It symbolized the potential power and solidarity of the unions and demonstrated that collective action on a large scale could close workplaces . |
| 27 | Yet it was in those six countries that it enjoyed the greatest influence and where it was able to generate the most support . |
| 28 | Her eyes leapt from Abraham begat Isaac and Isaac begat Jacob to Verse 25 of the Gospel According to St Matthew , to which she had turned simply because it began the New Testament and she had been unable to make anything of the Old . |
| 29 | Universal , who had advanced him the $850,000 were even prepared for the fact that it challenged the American Dream and attacked American society for ‘ destroying itself ’ , told through its hero — played by Dennis — who is a Hollywood stunt man devoured by his quest for big cars , swimming pools and gorgeous girls . |
| 30 | Years before , a wooden handrail , polished by generations of hands , had lined the high pavement , but the town council had decided that it served no useful purpose and detracted from the charm of the stone-walled cottages perched high on the bank above , and when the handrail had become shaky with age it had been dismantled , much to the annoyance of the Thrush Green residents . |