Example sentences of "it [vb past] a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And throughout the journey , the question asked by that woman in the beginning anchored the emphasis of this book , it shook a fist at the ghosts over my shoulder ( because like most people I give to others the power to intimidate and censor from afar ) and it forced me to make the chronicle accountable to its subjects . |
| 2 | It hurt a bit at the time , but I got myself free and did n't think a lot about it just then . |
| 3 | But a night-marish six at the 164-yard 17th undid all the good work and it took a birdie at the last to rescue a par round . |
| 4 | A BEER garden was evacuated after a pet goat unearthed a dummy hand grenade as it gnawed a thicket at the Exeter Inn , Honiton . |
| 5 | The Ministry of Information had also played a leading part in lauding the military qualities of the Soviet ally , and indeed many other of its domestic accomplishments : in February 1943 it organised a meeting at the Albert Hall to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the foundation of the Red Army . |
| 6 | After some hours a train came in and fortunately we found a carriage , packed with refugees of course , but it had a lavatory at the end of the corridor . |