Example sentences of "[prep] it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the majority in favour of merit , SCOTVEC 's implementation of it attracted critical comment . |
| 2 | Povey and Sir W. Batten and I by water to Woolwich ; and there saw an experiment made of Sir R. Ford 's Holland 's yarn ( about which we have lately made so much stir ; and I have much concerned myself of our rope-maker , Mr Hughes who represented it so bad ) and we found it to be very bad , and broke sooner than , upon a fair triall , five threads of that against four of Riga yarne ; also that some of it had old stuffe that had been tarred , covered over with new hempe , which is such a cheat as has not been heard of . |
| 3 | The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole . |
| 4 | Moddy Dhu was the PHANTOM dog of the Isle of Man , and the sight of it caused immediate death . |
| 5 | Beyond the inn a church tower perched in the tree-tops and behind it crowded high green sheltering hills . |
| 6 | At a national level the Triple Alliance collapsed in April ; with it went socialist hope that a united union movement could challenge the government . |
| 7 | From it fell refracted light , on balding heads and shaven heads , on Mohican plumes and gelled spikes , on neatly barbered and dressed locks , on neglected middle-aged wispy bobs , on plaits and loops and layered body waves . |
| 8 | Necessary as legislation was in terms of public safety , for years it was unattractive to Ministers since it required considerable expenditure whilst at the same time being unlikely to attract any votes . |
| 9 | The dialogue which ran up to it showed good pace , and the strength of the star 's performance , absent in recent days , began again to show through . |