Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 The Gunners ' Premier League challenge is virtually a write-off after the Bank Holiday Monday defeat at Aston Villa made it seven games without a win .
2 Saturday 's 1-0 reverse against Aston Villa made it seven defeats and five draws in the last dozen games .
3 Champions Macclesfield made it four wins in a row when they inflicted Bowdon 's first defeat , Australian Darren Berry hammering a quickfire 94 not out .
4 ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . )
5 One passage , when Edward was a scholar at Battersea Grammar School , sums up the general atmosphere of 61 Shelgate Road , as the poet recalled it twenty years later :
6 The round-headed silhouette of the Scottish Fold gained it many admirers , although some felt it looked too sad .
7 SCOTLAND made it three wins on the trot in the Home International Indoor Championships in Swansea yesterday despite losing out in their final fixture with England , 106-113 .
8 The allied word ‘ antibiotic , reached the English language when the botanist Marshall Hall used it 10 years later .
9 Sebastian opened it two inches .
10 On Saturday , Town made it four wins in a row with a three-two victory at Bournemouth .
11 Matisse comes at the end of a tradition of Renaissance illusionism and volumetric painting which is irrevocably shifting into something different and he wants it both ways , just as Giotto wanted it both ways .
12 Ormskirk made it two wins out of three but it was a close run thing against New Brighton .
13 Jinny read it three times .
14 Of the twins , one contracted the condition when 12 years old while the other developed it 36 years later .
15 The house sank into a gently decayed condition when a local architect bought it four years ago .
16 What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with .
17 ‘ Nichols and his writers wanted it both ways .
18 Former Golden Gloves amateur Shea Neary made it three wins out of three ( all inside the distance ) since he turned professional by beating Sheffield lightweight Jason Barker .
19 Debut winger , Innes Gray , scored two tries in three minutes as Ulster took control in the final quarter , and flanker Kevin McKee made it three tries in five minutes .
20 Of the 287 people who saw the Carlyle exhibition , 94% rated it as Very Good or Good ; 90% of the 237 visitors who saw the MacLean exhibition gave it similar ratings ; and 78% of the 147 visitors to the Skinner exhibition considered it Very Good or Good .
21 Maidstone won it three minutes later when on-loan Ian Ironside from Middlesbrough pushed a strong Stebbing shot into the air and Rob Painter nodded home the loose ball .
22 After opening firmer , the dollar lost ground on expectations of an imminent easing of monetary policy by the US Federal Reserve but strong demand pushed it 0.80 pfennigs higher at DM1.8925 .
23 Tony Jarrett , who grabbed the bronze in Tokyo after Jackson 's late withdrawal , was a smooth-looking second behind America 's Tony Dees , and Hughie Teape made it three Brits in the semis as a fastest loser .
24 Then Trevino 's 1972 success made it back-to-back Opens for the Mexican-American .
25 Announced as the strongest environmental protection agency in Europe , Parliament gave it extensive powers .
26 The media was not interested : the New York Times gave it two paragraphs ; Life and Look magazines turned down the excellent investigative article by Washington freelance journalist Seymour Hersh , and the big news organisations failed to follow up tips about the case .
27 The Windorah had been a small family hotel before Jenkins bought it seven years earlier .
28 Its administrative monopoly gave it special privileges and preferential economic treatment .
29 But rumour had it these simulations all delivered Armageddon in the form of a total system collapse by 1996 or earlier .
30 She was jealous of Arabella , and the baby on the way made it ten times worse .
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