Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pron] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It produced what the French defence minister , Charles Hernu , described to the French parliament as a ‘ new radioactive situation . ’ |
| 2 | As far as I was concerned , it made it the logical time to sell . |
| 3 | It was the first time I had seen a ship built from scratch and it was quite an experience to watch the steel plates being cut by their ingenious machine which controlled a cutter as it drew our the required shapes direct from the blueprint , converting everything to full scale as it cut . |
| 4 | Cos it helped me the last time . |
| 5 | The 499-member Congress held its constituent session on March 11-12 , when it declared itself the constitutional representative of the Estonian people and passed resolutions calling for restoration of Estonia 's independent statehood and the withdrawal of Soviet troops stationed in the republic . |
| 6 | In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation . |
| 7 | Someone of my acquaintance once broke her ankle by falling over in the bathroom and while she could have dragged herself quite easily along the floor to a telephone in the bedroom if she had had one , as it was it took her the best part of an agonising hour to struggle down the stairs to the phone in the living room . |
| 8 | Once installed , back in 1976 , they began the long and laborious process of renovating it themselves , without any professional help , which partly explains why it took them the best part of 10 years . |
| 9 | It contained four sheets of paper closely covered in unfamiliar handwriting , and it was a measure of how relaxed he was that it took him the best part of a minute to realise that he was holding a copy of the letter written by Ruggerio Miletti to his family three days previously . |
| 10 | It gave her the uncomfortable feeling of being turned inside out for better examination . |
| 11 | And it gave him the halfway lead of 132 , 12 under par . |
| 12 | Quite unwittingly you played right into my hands that night , Aurora — I knew you had n't been taking drugs , but it gave me the perfect excuse for sticking around . |
| 13 | Maybe that does n't sound like anything , but I 'll tell you it gave me the strangest feeling I ever had . |
| 14 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 15 | Robin Barton had been asking his dad , Bernard , about setting up a tropical aquarium , and when they saw PFK 's beginners ' series it gave them the final incentive to begin . |
| 16 | It struck me the other day . |
| 17 | A moment later , I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away , still standing on his own , and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company . |
| 18 | Prebendary Wace of Canterbury praised the pamphlet during the 1899 Church Congress and Charles Gore , from the opposite wing of the Church , called it ‘ an extraordinarily important document , because it defined what the nineteenth century 's latest religion , ‘ undenominational Christianity ’ actually was . |