Example sentences of "[verb] it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two known meetings have so far taken place between both party leaders , with a whirlwind of protest from unionists when they issued a joint statement before the elections , while denying it reflected any form of electoral pact . |
| 2 | ‘ I expect it had some help , then , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 3 | Sunnyvale , California-based MasPar Computer Corp wants us to know it shipped 13 MP-2 massively parallel machines in 1992 , calling it a ‘ faster-than-projected start-up ’ for a box introduced in October 1992 . |
| 4 | They want it kept low profile . ’ |
| 5 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
| 6 | It matters not that these natives were the people who had the original rights , and Thomson 's own humanity would never let his reader forget that fact ; all he lamented , as he always did , was the passing of an old way , especially when the future replacing it felt less sound . |
| 7 | DEC says it delayed any announcement until now so there would be meat on the bones , not just promises . |
| 8 | Praxis says it took less time to install the ANDF version of the program than the 15 minutes it takes to compile the C sources of Wingz . |
| 9 | Intel says it saw strong demand in the US and Japan , where orders rose significantly as the market was stimulated by lower personal computer prices . |
| 10 | Vicom says it incurred massive debt during the development its own proprietary visualisation line whilst at the same time taking over Sun 's products , and could n't attract the new development capital it required . |
| 11 | By 1911 , when Italy 's newly launched first Dreadnought battleship was significantly named the Dante Alighieri , it claimed 50,000 members ; but although it enjoyed considerable official support it had little influence on government policy . |
| 12 | It was bloated and heavy , and the men gathered on the deck of the boat to receive it had great difficulty lifting it out of the water . |
| 13 | Perhaps the court would have accepted it had that stipulation been explicit . |
| 14 | That Act One marriage scene — I do n't think I 've ever seen it played that way before , as a comedy number . ’ |
| 15 | The farm reckons it took twenty man hours to clean up the strawberry patch . |
| 16 | Whichever method was used it meant long traffic holdups as the creatures went through the streets , their already frightened state heightened by a deal of cruelty on the part of many of the drovers . |
| 17 | Each one of us was beckoned over to have a go when it was my turn I rushed over and put the tanks on I then submerged It felt strange breathing under water like a fish the bubble emitted from the regulator trickled up the side of my face . |
| 18 | The magazine , Politis , claimed it had more evidence after the French Environment Ministry dismissed the report but adding that it was dangerous to dig in the recently closed dump because it ‘ would be like opening a tomb ’ . |
| 19 | I am told it made wonderful television . |
| 20 | When the coach arrived it took some time to organise the teams . |
| 21 | And so he got space to build a house and they began it began this part in thirteen sixty although it 's clear that there was an earlier house here , perhaps built at the time when they first got the back in the eleven seventies . |
| 22 | The concert and the reception which followed it generated considerable interest in , as well as funds for , the Alumni Foundation . |
| 23 | The December 1989 coup attempt and the abortive revolts which followed it damaged international investor confidence in the Philippines . |
| 24 | In his conference speech Mr Fowler attacked Labour 's reviewed industrial relations policy , saying it had one aim : to make strikes easier . |
| 25 | And there was a Yorkshire firm covered it covered that road tarmac or something they said , It 'll last twenty years . |
| 26 | Planting it outside the backdoor was a sure way of keeping witches out of the house , and it was thought never to be struck by lightning ; cutting it brought bad luck , and traditionally it was the wood the Cross of Calvary . |
| 27 | But at times last season I felt it took second place from a few other clubs . ’ |
| 28 | Tory Darlington councillor Peter Jones hit out at the show after hearing it contained erotic love scenes , a roller skating comic , and a simulated sex act . |
| 29 | We loved it and he knew it gave great pleasure to the audience . |
| 30 | I thought it started next week ? . |