Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb past] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Party meetings continued to be held at the Carlton and it played a greater part in holding the party together when the Liberal Unionists joined . |
| 2 | And it made a long garage . |
| 3 | The evening was an enjoyable affair and it made a pleasant change not to have to leave Sally behind . |
| 4 | It had a beautiful soft tail and it made a sad sound : ‘ Eee-eee ! ’ |
| 5 | It was very necessary , and it made a sunny improvement in the event . |
| 6 | Anyhow , we had open views over the Heath and Vale of Health and it made a lovely family home even if it was badly designed with a huge wasteful " well " in the middle of the house which had the advantage of enabling us to come downstairs in a series of flying leaps , holding on to tall mahogany pillars at the corners of the stairway . |
| 7 | Chesterton , always a favourite author , was a Christian ; it was at this period that Lewis read The Everlasting Man , and it made a profound impression on him . |
| 8 | He says he was an army officer seconded to the site and it made a remarkable contribution to the war , as well as developing the first computer . |
| 9 | Trouble was he lived at Selsit , which was up over the Pennine Way , across the high moor , and it meant a three-hour trek there and back . |
| 10 | In 1923 she recorded ‘ Downhearted Blues ’ , one of the 14 releases Bessie had on Columbia that year , and it became a million seller , helping to save the company from certain bankruptcy . |
| 11 | Lady Diana 's engagement to Prince Charles really put Althorp on the map , and it became a full-time job for me . |
| 12 | Almost every dairy farm in Ayrshire produced Dunlop cheese and it became a thriving small industry which was an important source of income for the county 's farmers throughout the many difficult times for agriculture in the late 18th and 19th centuries . |
| 13 | Er But it took people busy to get it paid , you know , and in fact there was some people that could n't , er and it became a big worry to people . |
| 14 | But then in seventy nine we had a hit at home with Bunch of Time and that as far as we were concerned was the end of the road you know to be successful in Ireland and then late eighty one , early eighty two you know they started playing Bunch of Time over here and it became a top twenty hit for us and that you know changed the whole thing round about and got us from say the pubs in Ireland into the concert circuit in England which we 've been doing ever since . |
| 15 | The Council 's presidents this time would not hear of it , no doubt after the consternation which had been caused the day before , and it received a favourable vote . |
| 16 | It redefined treason and sedition and severely constrained the freedoms of meeting , speech and writing , and it funded a massive output of loyalist pamphleteering to counteract the Rights of Man . |
| 17 | And it looked a nice pony one . |
| 18 | And it provoked a furious backlash from Labour and union leaders . |
| 19 | And it provoked a furious backlash from Labour and union leaders . |
| 20 | Once again , Tit for Tat , submitted by Anatol Rapoport , was the winner , and it scored a massive 96 per cent of the benchmark score . |
| 21 | Sweet of her , and it brought a reluctant smile to Belinda 's lips . |
| 22 | And it followed a general election which of course is always a |
| 23 | It turned the attention , and the skills , of those within the company to the younger , singles-buying music audience , and it attracted a different kind of group to the label . |
| 24 | Shortly after my return , the Governor was to make a tour of Central Burma and it seemed a great opportunity for me to gauge conditions outside Rangoon , so I was invited to accompany him . |
| 25 | The theory of natural selection meant that natural species could be explained in terms of the conditions necessary for their survival , and it seemed a small further step to explaining human social systems in such terms ; that is , in terms of the ways by which human beings gained their livelihood and reproduced . |
| 26 | Mister Johnny talked in his gobbly voice all the way and it seemed a friendly noise now , pushing the night back . |
| 27 | I knew quite a number of people who had gone into the Civil Service and it seemed a good thing to get into . ’ |
| 28 | You ca n't insure cash , as you know , but who cares , and it seemed a good present . |
| 29 | And it seemed a good laugh . |
| 30 | It 's my job to keep a check on the stock and it seemed a good chance to get something done … ’ |