Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So no-one got it right , pollsters , reporters or bookmakers . |
| 2 | His face was without the offensively avuncular smile that usually accompanies such trite statements ; and something intent about the look he gave me made it clear he did not mean it tritely . |
| 3 | To babies had this dried milk and some of them got it cheap and I suppose there was no work and then they were poor were n't they . |
| 4 | The plan for the evacuation to be in groups of three had to be abandoned , as it would have taken 40 hours to get all of the men out and the gas collecting near them made it imperative that the exercise be completed in much less time . |
| 5 | Many of them found it easier to move on to the North American mainland after their indentures had expired . |
| 6 | Both of them found it difficult to express their feelings on the war , except in the third person , so strong were their views . |
| 7 | Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much . |
| 8 | Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much . |
| 9 | I wiped it special . |
| 10 | ‘ I made it impossible ? ’ she echoed incredulously . |
| 11 | Oh er telly 's got a buzz on it and I could n't get it off , I think I made it worse . |
| 12 | I made it one twenty three . |
| 13 | I think I made it bigger than that ! |
| 14 | ‘ Because I made it crystal-clear , right from the start , that I did n't want you here , complicating my life . |
| 15 | ‘ I made it all up ! ’ he said against her neck . |
| 16 | it was the cream of the milk , well you used to like it , well sort of , some people make it with water , that 's why I made it all milk , are you going to try it again with water ? and just a drop of milk on top |
| 17 | At an effective level , the one at which I made it possible for Jean-Claude to work uninterruptedly , I felt both the benefits of a com-panionable relationship with someone of whom I was , in many ways , admiring , and a sense of my own worth : I was useful to him . |
| 18 | And I would also point out that we are not proposing excessive development , in one of the papers I 've I 've put round , and I repeat the point I made it earlier . |
| 19 | Ah so I made it this , as s s skinny as I could . |
| 20 | product , we 've just got one row for one product at the moment but in the future you might want to insert another row and er the product B and then all I would need to do is just copy the formula down and I know it would work cos I made it copyable down as well . |
| 21 | When I spoke I made it clear that I intended to do something about the position of the ‘ early leavers ’ and that I thought it right that people should not suffer if they transferred their pension from one job to another . |
| 22 | ‘ I made it clear I could not comment in case I prejudiced proceedings . ’ |
| 23 | So much to that I made it clear to my club that I would like to be selected as a tighthead ’ . |
| 24 | Also , I believe I made it clear that I knew what I wanted from a partnership with a sponsor and was precise and convincing in my presentation . |
| 25 | At the start of my current relationship , I made it clear that sexual exclusivity was important to me . |
| 26 | I was unresponsive and kept joking with him about it — but I made it clear I was n't interested . |
| 27 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |
| 28 | I suspect that the hon. Gentleman had framed his supplementary before hearing my answer to his question , in which I made it clear that the number of nurses who were employed during that period was far greater than the number who qualified . |
| 29 | However , I am prepared to confirm that in my evidence to the Select Committee I made it clear that the regional electricity companies were obliged to purchase the most economic electricity on the market . |
| 30 | I made it clear on a number of occasions over recent years that there was , in retrospect , one change that I wish we had not made at the time , but it was one that was urged on us by right hon. Gentlemen opposite . |