Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb past] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they should draw comfort from the knowledge that the economists involved often found it hard to understand one another . |
| 2 | The garments and cosmetics scattered about made it clear that the room was shared — by a girl working as a secretary , he explained . |
| 3 | Men thus instructed often found it easier to get on with it than to try and explain the danger all over again . |
| 4 | Three minutes into the second-half the non-Leaguers ' obligatory fireman , Mottashed , instead of shooting himself in the foot , set fire to himself with a jittery own goal and Loram shortly made it 3-1 , deader than dead . |
| 5 | South Oxfordshire District Council has reopened its Ladygrove Park after it was closed for a cleaning up operation ; the park was closed some weeks ago after gypsies staying there left it full of litter . |
| 6 | While Hurley remained preoccupied with inter-agency projects like Operation Goldenrod , Ganem soon made it clear to Coleman that he had little patience with Hurley 's intelligence operations . |
| 7 | Tod also played it cool : all in a day 's work . |
| 8 | The sound of an engine coming closer said it all . |
| 9 | Even those who were prepared to join in found it difficult to understand what the camp was trying to achieve . |
| 10 | Champions Bath also made it two wins out of two after thrashing London Irish 42-16 thanks to two first half tries from prop Victor Ubogu . |