Example sentences of "[vb base] it [vb past] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It has never been used for that purpose , although Sir Anthony Eden contemplated invoking it for government propaganda during the Suez crisis , and during the Falklands recapture it provided the legal basis for the Government 's use of BBC transmitters on Ascension Island to beam propaganda broadcasts at Argentina .
2 When Taylor acquired his Coniston lease it excluded a small sett previously granted to one Mathew Spedding .
3 They say it made a few other people happy as well …
4 With its varnished mahogany and gleaming brasswork fuselage it managed a few erratic hops but never got off the ground !
5 With the black , you know it had the black bit as well
6 A Grand Jury in California handed up indictments against two officers of Symantec Corp alleging that they stole trade secrets from Borland International Inc after a six-month investigation by the district attorney 's office of Santa Cruz County , California into the allegations that a Borland officer brought confidential company material with him when he left Borland to join Symantec ; Symantec says that last it hired an independent law firm to look into the charges , and it was given the opinion that there was no crime committed and that none of the items constitute trade secrets .
7 Yes I suppose it sounded the same to me .
8 I believe it had a thatched roof and it was such a bonny place , but it has sadly been derelict for years .
9 I believe it provided a turning point .
10 One of them was at Muirfield in 1972 , and I believe it turned the Open for us .
11 I guess it made a stimulating change for him not to be surrounded by fawners and flatterers the whole time .
12 Oh they and I guess it set a few farmers on his feet .
13 Well for the Birmingham branch it meant a reasonable sized job in cleaning up the ‘ bungalow ’ .
14 I was really knocked out by your article on Philip Glass and I think it contained the best description of Glass ' music I have ever read .
15 ‘ I think it had a green cover .
16 And you think it gave a better meat because
17 I think it gave a fair picture , yes .
18 The EVA wedge at the heel gives good shock absorption , but I wish it travelled the whole length of the boot as I find the balls of my feet get sore after a long day on the hill .
19 English , by contrast , has developed a different kind of gender ( I say ‘ has developed ’ because in its earliest form it had the Germanic three-way grammatical classification ) .
20 As he pulled it slowly free it caught the weak January sunshine and Tippy strained against the bonds that held her .
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