Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turning to the mirror , she saw herself in the long white silk dress , clinging to her slender body , curving off the shoulders , accentuating her fine collarbones , tight at the waist then flaring out with clouds of taffeta below that made it seem as if she floated rather than walked . |
| 2 | This made it appear that he threw the ball when bowling at his fastest ; when he reduced his pace he was relatively innocuous . |
| 3 | But where this occurred it took the form of state control and the resulting technologies and forms of industrialisation differed little from their capitalist counterparts . |
| 4 | When this came it represented the first archaeological exploration ever conducted , a landmark in man 's self-consciousness . |
| 5 | This showed it to have formal negotiating agreements at ten of the principal ports of England , Scotland and Wales and at three in Ireland , and to have ad hoc local wage agreements at substantially all the rest . |
| 6 | This allowed it to veer off course quite readily unless the steering or correction stroke was timed to strike when the kayak was perched on top of the wave . |
| 7 | Some thought it meant there were a greater number of search modes . |
| 8 | The round-headed silhouette of the Scottish Fold gained it many admirers , although some felt it looked too sad . |
| 9 | Few saw it like that at the time . |
| 10 | This enabled it to gulp down large chunks of meat that would have been too large to swallow . |
| 11 | This enabled it to survive the mass defection of four consultants — equal to almost half their team — led by David Norman in 1982–3 . |
| 12 | So lively did it get on occasions that Bishop Story had to order the pilgrims to carry crosses and banners in 1478 instead of the coloured staves with which they were prone to hit each other at the height of their religious fervour . |
| 13 | It is just that it could have been more meaningful and less unpleasant had it felt a touch more like a pilgrimage than a harsh , faceless drive for productivity . |
| 14 | The title Duke of Cornwall and the estate to go with it dates back to 1337 , when Edward III created it to give his eldest son , the Black Prince , an income and somewhere to live ; it was he who decreed that it should always go to the eldest son . |
| 15 | I asked , ‘ How much did it mean to you to know that people at home were working for your release ? ’ |
| 16 | How much did it make ? |
| 17 | How much did it grow ? |
| 18 | Er how much did it cost to go to London then ? |
| 19 | How much did it cost ? |
| 20 | How much did it cost ? |
| 21 | How much how much did it cost you to hire the one |
| 22 | ‘ Houw much did it cost you ? ’ |
| 23 | So how much did it cost you ? ’ |
| 24 | The question should then be asked : How much did it cost to have them on the streets because they surely were not at school ? |
| 25 | Yes what did he , how much did it cost him ? |
| 26 | How much did it cost ? |
| 27 | How much did it cost last time ? |
| 28 | How much did it cost them ? |
| 29 | How much did it cost ? |
| 30 | How much did it cost ? |