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 . |