Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As you flung yourself on the bed , with legs spread wide apart , you cupped your rosebush with your hands and stroked it some more , murmuring all the while in that hoarse , cracked voice of yours that it was good , beautiful , a little treasure . |
| 2 | She remembered Victorine saying hardly anyone used it any more . |
| 3 | I found it invaluable last time I was doing i b you know if , if you say to somebody y you know come beforehand with what you 're doing well , what , where the difficulties are , what the obstacles are . |
| 4 | She began again to caress him ; rose to sit kittenishly in his lap , but she was as clumsy at this babying as she was grand at being leopardine , and he found it possible this time to check his lust ; she bent to blow on his neck and ear , as he liked her to do , but he twisted sharply to avert his head , and struck her on the upper arm to beat her off , and then without another word , his face blazing with the effort of his denial , he turned and left her . |
| 5 | She found it all extraordinary . |
| 6 | Needless to say , Motherwell manager Tommy McLean found it all hard to bear . |
| 7 | Kate found it all difficult to understand , but she wanted to understand it . |
| 8 | She 'd been ashamed to find that she found it such exhausting work , especially without the broad shoulders of Ross to lean on . |
| 9 | Get rid of all the clutter , but that 's what we found it most difficult |
| 10 | I found it interesting last night because of course my reaction to all that was imagine how Gillette did it matter ? |
| 11 | It was rather grubby so we just painted it all white and , as I suspected , David 's imagination , after it was painted , came into heavy play . |
| 12 | The heavy door frame caused it some minor difficulty , which it overcame with a swing of its shoulders that tore the timber out and tossed it to one side . |
| 13 | I spelt it wrong that 's why I spelt it Spanish Nouveau riche either . |
| 14 | STUDENT Debbie Andrews was delighted to be served our Christmas feast , and declared it all delicious . |
| 15 | Both Clive Anderson in The Sunday Times and Andro Linklater in The Spectator declared it suitable light reading for a summer holiday . |
| 16 | Anna cut it all short , She offered a compromise . |
| 17 | He fed the slot , dialled Jack Ashdown 's number , and then fed it some more . |
| 18 | We at Public NME are surprised that Bez stuck it that long and that Bez Junior is n't lumbered with Aaron . |
| 19 | Perhaps I handled it all wrong . |
| 20 | That 's why you needed it that deep |
| 21 | He pulled it farther open and saw that a bunch of quill pens in an elastic band had been moved . |
| 22 | cleaned it all first |
| 23 | The battledress was very good , I mean the army seemed to wore it all that time so er we had it for several years and we had to press that every day , thick material , very heavy . |
| 24 | He flicked his wrist and sent it cracking high over Luke 's prostrate body . |
| 25 | We did wonder if we would manage to find the place but we located it one wet Sunday afternoon . |
| 26 | Anyway , since I do not seem to be the owner of a super-fit body I thought it best this year to enter an event that required the minimum of movement . |
| 27 | Carlson understood the feelings of the rebels ; he thought it unlikely any of their issues would be dealt with here . |
| 28 | ‘ If it 's not unethical — and there was no one else to do it , anyway — why have Celia and your grandmother kept it secret all these years ? |
| 29 | Bailey took it 6-2 6-1 … but for henman reaching the last eight is another triumph in his first season on the international circuit |
| 30 | Bailey took it 6-2 6-1 … but for henman reaching the last eight is another triumph in his first season on the international circuit |