Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeremi snatched it clear of the firing handle . |
| 2 | We found it one of the simplest to use because of the trigger action and the compact shape . |
| 3 | All found it one of the hardest forms of market intervention . |
| 4 | Her eyes lit up when she opened it and found it full of farthings . |
| 5 | The pool that had been so jarringly empty when I took my premeditated dive into it with Terry , I fell into with Toby and found it full of champagne . |
| 6 | Johnson found it full of weeds ; today it is tailored and fitted . |
| 7 | The occupying forces set up a puppet government and proclaimed it independent of Russia . |
| 8 | Lavender filled it half-full of water and carried it , together with a glass , into the classroom and set it on the teacher 's table . |
| 9 | He had worked so long on it and filled it full of malicious remarks at Gina 's expense . |
| 10 | But they were unable to spin out their game for long ; impatience got the better of them and they returned the puppy , which stood shivering under its mother 's tongue as she licked it clean of foreign influences . |
| 11 | The man in the room withdrew his arm and shook it free of slivers before turning the gun around ready for use . |
| 12 | ‘ She packed it full of photos and mementos , turning it into a shrine to her husband . |
| 13 | Maggie asked breathlessly , sitting wide-eyed and making no move to stop him when his hands went to her hair and pulled it free of the restraining band . |
| 14 | Walking carefully he crossed the room and pulled it clear of what lay beneath it . |
| 15 | Her foot caught and she wrenched it free of its shoe , clinging to fitzAlan 's hand all the while as he half led , half pulled her upwards . |
| 16 | I thought it plucky of the Labour party to sing Jerusalem at one of Mr Kinnock 's beanos last week . |
| 17 | Her critics thought it crude of her not to care what they thought of her . |
| 18 | He was the only speaker who thought it worthy of mention . |
| 19 | So yesterday 's record-beating export figure only covered trade with the world outside the EC and few analysts thought it worthy of much analysis . |
| 20 | Reg looked at least three divisions better than anyone else on the park , and many of us thought it incomprehensible of ‘ Bencey ’ to literally drag him off after only five minutes . |
| 21 | He reached down , gripped the limp corpse of the driver by the blood-sodden collar of its coat , and heaved it clear of the car one-handed . |
| 22 | They took it first of all it would be in a cart drawn by a horse . |
| 23 | Yeah , so you coloured it first of all then . |
| 24 | All seemed agreed that the nature of the injury and the pain suffered by the bowler made it one of the most horrific accidents in recent Test history . |
| 25 | Only last year the four-star Tiroler Adler underwent an extensive renovation that made it one of the best hotels in Kirchberg . |
| 26 | The internal length of this ‘ new cathedral ’ , 357 feet , made it one of the longest churches in Britain and certainly the greatest in Scotland . |
| 27 | The town showed the tenth highest percentage rise in Britain for 1991 and the huge increase of 136pc made it one of the worst places in the North-East for repossession orders . |
| 28 | ( James Brown , 20/2/88 who made it Single Of The Week along with The Wedding Present 's ‘ Nobody 's Twisting Your Arm ’ ) |
| 29 | ( Andrew Collins , 2/5/92 , who actually made it Single Of The Week — Not ! ) |
| 30 | The immediate popularity and novelty of ITV 's programmes forced the BBC to review its output and made it aware of the need to survive in an increasingly competitive environment . |