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

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1	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 :
2	The round-headed silhouette of the Scottish Fold gained it many admirers , although some felt it looked too sad .
3	The allied word ‘ antibiotic , reached the English language when the botanist Marshall Hall used it 10 years later .
4	On Saturday , Town made it four wins in a row with a three-two victory at Bournemouth .
5	Of the twins , one contracted the condition when 12 years old while the other developed it 36 years later .
6	The house sank into a gently decayed condition when a local architect bought it four years ago .
7	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 .
8	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 .
9	Then Trevino 's 1972 success made it back-to-back Opens for the Mexican-American .
10	Announced as the strongest environmental protection agency in Europe , Parliament gave it extensive powers .
11	Its administrative monopoly gave it special privileges and preferential economic treatment .
12	But rumour had it these simulations all delivered Armageddon in the form of a total system collapse by 1996 or earlier .
13	She was jealous of Arabella , and the baby on the way made it ten times worse .
14	The ancient Chinese invented it 2,000 years ago as a way to pass instructions down the line and information up to the top .
15	The Prince missed it two years ago with the same back trouble .
16	The Court of Appeal made it nine years .

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