Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb past] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when it was made into a glitzy film by Steven Spielberg did it become widely read and talked about outside feminist circles . |
| 2 | Ever since the days it had been called Kingstown , it had been a lovely place to live ; tropical palm trees along the coast line made it seem like somewhere much more exotic than it really was . |
| 3 | But production only reached 421,000 last year and the real bright spot was Land-Rover , whose Discovery model helped it achieve the best year for sales since the first Land-Rover rolled out in 1948 , while productivity jumped 25 per cent . |
| 4 | I had tried this myself and knew it was not nearly as simple as the village boys made it seem . |
| 5 | Formed nationally in 1900 it had played no role in pioneering local labour representation ; not until the early interwar years did it emerge with quite remarkable rapidity as the dominant political force in West Ham . |
| 6 | By the early 1970s , however , the situation looked more favourable ; the reorganization of teacher education following the 1972 White Paper and the run-down of initial teacher training made it seem feasible to redeploy resources to raise the quality of the teaching force in further education . |
| 7 | Mr Lessingham saw it happen . |
| 8 | Mrs Geary made it sound a quite unorthodox request . |
| 9 | Mrs Gracie heard it go incredulously . |
| 10 | It was a well-turned performance and , if the putter was really as good as Brian Harley made it look , there was no doubt that he would sell a huge number . |
| 11 | Nowhere in the above description of manager training did it explain how best to carry the role of mediator . |
| 12 | Down at the valley there was only one goal … and the league leaders Charlton got that early on … bit of scramble … but Garry Nelson made it count … |
| 13 | For though the boat 's interior was a masterpiece of functional yet elegant design which created an impression of light , airy spaciousness , the very presence of Nathan Bryce made it feel cramped and claustrophobic . |
| 14 | An American air crew saw it happen as they prepared to take off . |
| 15 | The draught coming in through the ventilation ducts made it tremble continuously . |
| 16 | Set up in 1985 mainly to service the supermarket sector , Elm 's emphasis on technical innovation , product quality and customer service helped it build a strong customer base and penetrate international markets . |
| 17 | When sitting astride a conveyance that prefers hay to unleaded , you should remember that John Wayne made it look a lot easier than it is . |
| 18 | It went down her nail to the quick and the onion juice made it sting . |
| 19 | Only with the development of factions and the growth of the party system did it come about that monarchs found themselves confronted , in Cabinet , by Ministers presenting a united front on matters on which they had previously deliberated in the absence of the monarch . |