Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] it [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saints boss Ian Branfoot made it a double raid on London when he also signed Chelsea 's Dutch defender Ken Monkou for a similar figure . |
| 2 | Sir Michael Angus made it a double whammy for Unilever as the outgoing plc chairman , soon to take up the cudgels on behalf of the CBI , entered the International Marketing Hall of Fame . |
| 3 | There was one moment of which I was particularly proud , and Richard made it a magic one . |
| 4 | Christina cringed as Susanna pronounced it the American way . |
| 5 | But did Dana see it the same way ? |
| 6 | Howes thought it a prescient occasion . |
| 7 | Gurder and Angalo gave it a critical look . |
| 8 | Tallis fed it a meagre handful of the oats she carried . |
| 9 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 10 | Anabelle thought it a splendid treat , and drank it down at once . |
| 11 | Loot gave it a whole lot of new reasons for guilt complexes . ’ |
| 12 | Our programme has been extended to parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland making it the largest of its kind in the UK . |
| 13 | ‘ I am sure both the new DPA and the free zone will contribute greatly to the growth of the economy , and the strength of Dubai to make it a major industrial and shipping base and the most attractive business environment between the Far East and Europe . ’ |
| 14 | On the one hand its ultra-patriotism and Ger-manophobia made it an important driving force behind the campaign for no compromise and total victory ; but against this was the undoubted fact that the most dynamic political leadership and organizing ability to ensure this outcome was provided by Lloyd George , the radical right 's bête noire . |
| 15 | ‘ I knew Faye had some complications and needed a nurse — Tom mentioned it the other day — but I had no idea you were a sort of watchdog as well . |
| 16 | David did not in fact begin to relax his reserve until nearly a week after the telegram had arrived , when Julia judged it a suitable moment to say that she and Anthony would be making other plans for Easter . |
| 17 | MCI Communications Corp reports that the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago awarded it a 10-year multi-million dollar contract to provide circuits for the new FedNet communications system will combine the networks of 12 Federal Reserve district banks and three new centres into one network ; FedNet will offer the banks high speed data services and is responsible for circuit installation and maintenance . |
| 18 | The Secretary General recommends that earmarked forces should be provided for the UN to give it a permanent rapid deployment force with all the requisite logistic and technical support and air and sea lift capabilities . |
| 19 | In fact , Theda thought it a beautiful old building , and felt it to be a pity that it should have been allowed to go to rack . |
| 20 | Stephen thought it a curious place to leave one 's car , blocking , or partly blocking , the northbound roadway , while taking it a farther ten yards on would have enabled its driver to pull in onto the bridlepath that traversed the Vale as far as the Reeve 's way . |
| 21 | Colt thought it a serious mistake by his target to have gone in person to the Syrian Embassy . |
| 22 | Between the last years of the 16C and about 1653 , they rebuilt the Church of St Salvator making it the first church in Prague of the Counter-Reformation . |
| 23 | Emmie found it a dreadful sound . |
| 24 | Manager Brian Horton called it a criminal performance . |
| 25 | Simon Draper thought it a bad idea , but realised that argument was futile . |
| 26 | Nikolaus Pevsner gives it a whole page in his Buildings of England series , which is praise indeed . |
| 27 | ‘ Garvin put it the other way : if it was me , there 'd be trouble . ’ |
| 28 | Students from Camberwell made it a regular haunt . |
| 29 | But Mr Sandy found it a stimulating , not to say exhausting , tour of duty . |
| 30 | The group is strong because it has access to power through its institutional involvement with the state , which is why Becker calls it a corporate bourgeoisie . |