Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The majority of people that went through that service all had some recollection of things they did n't enjoy very much but they by and large thoroughly enjoyed their experience in the Army , it livened them up , it made them better men and we have got after all one of the best armies if not the best army in the world , it 's got to come from |
| 2 | The Pru 's ‘ transparent ’ financial reporting has been dominating the headlines recently since it restated its 1991 life and pensions accounts under the accruals basis . |
| 3 | Fergie says : ‘ Finally something did happen , but it soon became clear that the Queen was just not capable of getting involved in emotional , personal problems — even though it involved her own flesh and blood . ’ |
| 4 | It cost him three minutes and he fell back to 14th overall , but drove magnificently to recover much of the deficit and climb back to eighth by the end of the day , sharing two stage victories with McRae . |
| 5 | It caused me little inconvenience and even less pain and I was still able to manoeuvre myself into reasonable position and qualify for the final . |
| 6 | According to the leading present-day authority on this sector , Professor Supple , it was over the course of the eighteenth century that it assumed its modern form and structure , with agencies and branches , inter-company coordination of premium rates and policy conditions , and averaging of claims . |
| 7 | Knock it senseless every hour when it raised its fanged head and decided to sharpen its nasty little claws . |
| 8 | In those days marriage was a crucial turning point for a woman for it determined her social rank and their future economically speaking as well as their happiness . |
| 9 | Her face became twisted and not so pretty , and as her voice grew louder it lost its cultured tones and took on a snarling harshness . |
| 10 | She believes that the emancipation of Soviet women after the 1917 Revolution was a catastrophe because it distorted their feminine psyche and behaviour . |
| 11 | But the death of John not only confirmed Wordsworth 's adherence to these opinions ; it undermined his former self-sufficiency and cast doubts upon the validity of poetry . |
| 12 | We 're talking about half an ounce , which does n't exactly sound like a weight problem , but it took me another day or so to take it off her . |
| 13 | It took them three days and they came up with nothing . |
| 14 | It took him thirteen years and he covered over a hundred thousand miles . |
| 15 | It took him fifteen minutes and by the end his hand was sore from all the shaking . |
| 16 | It took him 100 hours but he achieved a ratio of about 1000:1 . |
| 17 | Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society . |
| 18 | It had its posh end and it had its rough end and it had that strange indeterminate bit in the middle that was neither , but had the pretensions and failings of both . |
| 19 | It had its posh end and it had its rough end and it had that strange indeterminate bit in the middle that was neither , but had the pretensions and failings of both . |
| 20 | By 1907 it had its own herdbook and numbered about 35,000 . |
| 21 | It had its own liturgy and Mass , both of which incorporated distinctly Eastern , non-Roman elements . |
| 22 | Mrs Burrows had made her a red coat with fur on the collar and cuffs and it suited her dark hair and huge brown eyes perfectly . |
| 23 | It suited her diminutive stature and delicate features . |
| 24 | It was a policy with deep roots in the history of the monastic community at Canterbury , and to understand it we must first examine the development of this community , and then the ideal which it considered its chief adornment and obligation . |
| 25 | The new government decided it wanted its own paper and so bought the Mail , which became a bi-weekly in 1967 and went daily in 1969 . |