Example sentences of "i [vb past] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got it a little wrong , ’ says Eva . |
| 2 | I 'm a comparative newcomer to this computer age that many people of my generation would rather try to ignore … but you really ca n't … and as an owner of a computer and an 8 year old , I found it a good read and picked up lots of new tips on home entertainment/education as well . |
| 3 | There with the Princess 's permission as the only journalist , I found it a fascinating insight into how Diana conducts a part of her life that has until now been comparatively secret . |
| 4 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
| 5 | I found it an impressive programme and I hope it will not lead Mr Heseltine to conclude that chess sets are less harmful potentially than television sets . |
| 6 | I moved it a little way away . |
| 7 | I weighed it a few minutes later and was delighted , to say the least , when it pulled the needle round to 10lb 3oz . |
| 8 | He said : ‘ The van was not there at 6pm but I noticed it a little bit later . |
| 9 | Below it flows the Dorn , known to the Saxons as the Milk , from the cloudiness of its water after rain : and one still sees it as the Saxons saw it a thousand years ago , as I saw it a few minutes ago in the thin rain drifting down from the Cotswolds . |
| 10 | No , you do n't : for the simple reason that I suppressed it a few pages ago . |
| 11 | I thought it a great waste of money . |
| 12 | I just said I thought it a nice name . |
| 13 | Either way I thought it a nice gesture , and when I next caught his eye I smiled . |
| 14 | As talking had helped Violet , the girl in Hope , I thought it a good idea to let him talk himself to sleep . |
| 15 | I thought it a good idea . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Because I thought it a good idea to have your home address , ’ he added , in the same tone . |
| 17 | I made no comment on this at the time ( though privately I thought it a brash boast ) but when we met for the interview I asked if he had brought the pendulum with him . |
| 18 | Nina knows about the lymphoma ; I had to cancel a prearranged lunch at Langans with her as it coincided with my short stay in hospital , and rather than make up an excuse I thought it an opportune time to tell her . |
| 19 | I gave it a wide berth and went to sit on the rug , but of course it had gone so I sat on one of the chairs instead , had a good long wash and settled down for a nap . |
| 20 | I bought it a few months ago and I was assured they were waterproof . ’ |
| 21 | It did n't leave much time for going out to play , and I resented it a great deal . |
| 22 | It occurred to me that its republication in our Symposium might both appeal to him and attract public attention : for I considered it an authoritative statement of the value of Humanism ( the title was a little misleading ) in its relation to religion . |