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 . |