Example sentences of "it [vb past] [vb pp] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Palings was an old building ; it had stood full face to the sea and the prevailing wind for the best part of a hundred years . |
| 2 | It had given great anxiety to him and his collagues on the bench . |
| 3 | It had given great anxiety to him and his collagues on the bench . |
| 4 | The Colombian government announced on June 1 that it had granted diplomatic asylum to the former President ( in 1985-1990 ) , Alan García Pérez , the secretary-general of Peru 's American Popular Revolutionary Alliance ( APRA ) . |
| 5 | On may 3 it had caused sufficient problems to be pushed home on the last train of the day from Wroxham . |
| 6 | But yesterday Forum rejected the criticism and said it had put seven names to Mr Adamec for the cabinet posts . |
| 7 | It had performed similar functions to those described above , although there had been no formal constitution . |
| 8 | It had brought bloody tears to its summoner 's eyes , obliging Sartori to relinquish it post haste . |