Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb past] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dalgliesh 's gloved hands slipped between the covers and flipped it open . |
| 2 | Dr Walter Kilner developed some screens filled with a dicyanin solution which sensitized the eyes and made it easier for more people to see the aura . |
| 3 | Instead , you looked straight into their eyes and made it clear that you had absolutely no desire to wallow in the mud with them . |
| 4 | He also advocated the appointment of prison inspectors and made it clear that he expected them to be as thorough as he himself had been , probing every corner and speaking with every prisoner . |
| 5 | So she went and bought some in Lincoln and came back the next day and got down on her knees and cleaned it all up . |
| 6 | After a few minutes of this silent contemplation the rider raised a curved horn to his lips and blew it three times . |
| 7 | Both Harald and Swegen had taken Slavonic consorts and thought it desirable to subjugate Norway . |
| 8 | She put us back on our feet and made it possible for us to live again . |
| 9 | All volunteers ( n:18 ) ate the breakfast within 15 minutes and found it palatable . |
| 10 | Blackburn managed to equalise in the last five minutes and won it 3–4 in extra time . |
| 11 | She also had strong opinions and found it hard to " brook any delay or frustration . |
| 12 | They proved much easier to collect than direct taxes and made it possible for government revenue to keep pace with the swift rise in production . |
| 13 | She made accurate notes and made it clear what was fact and what was her opinion . |
| 14 | This led to a surplus of qualified workers and made it possible for their work and pay to be devalued . |
| 15 | Hosts did not always know the names of such guests and considered it impolite to ask , at least until the meal was over . |
| 16 | So I did F eleven and , and revealed the codes and deleted it all . |
| 17 | She also had severe perceptual problems and found it hard to recognize the different parts of her body or to know where objects were in relation to herself . |
| 18 | Technological advances in manufacturing have raised the quality of most goods and made it easier for competitors to copy one another 's innovations — which are , anyway , typically minor and increasingly rare . |
| 19 | The headmaster paused , reminding himself of his conclusion that the privilege of educating the sons of the royal house had been conferred on this school because it was uniquely endowed with a philosophy which informed all its actions and made it equal to the task . |
| 20 | Surely you do n't actually believe all that stuff in the papers about how it was so much better in the old days , but then they got in a bunch of yuppies and ruined it all by going down-market and yoof-crazed , do you ? |
| 21 | Pears felt groggy in the closing stages and found it difficult to concentrate . |
| 22 | Rose went to one of the windows and threw it open . |
| 23 | With this system , we have substantially reduced the capital cost compared with other processes and made it easy to integrate into existing equipment . |
| 24 | As you flung yourself on the bed , with legs spread wide apart , you cupped your rosebush with your hands and stroked it some more , murmuring all the while in that hoarse , cracked voice of yours that it was good , beautiful , a little treasure . |
| 25 | It marked them off from other men and made it difficult for them to settle down to the dull conformity of civilian existence after the war . |
| 26 | I wanted to reply to your star letter about the lady who wanted to work but had small children and found it difficult . |
| 27 | Gorge and Mary Webster eventually had another twelve children and found it difficult to make ends meet . |
| 28 | Is it not time that the Government got off their behinds and made it compulsory for a payment to be made every year to every senior citizen in this land ? |
| 29 | Banks entered this market in a big way in the early 1980s , after the abolition of the ‘ corset ’ scheme , which inhibited the growth of their interest-bearing deposits and made it difficult for them to lend large sums without incurring financial penalties imposed by the Bank of England . |
| 30 | In spite of this he was sexually very experienced and attractive to women and found it difficult to turn down their advances . |