Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it invaluable last time I was doing i b you know if , if you say to somebody y you know come beforehand with what you 're doing well , what , where the difficulties are , what the obstacles are . |
| 2 | She began again to caress him ; rose to sit kittenishly in his lap , but she was as clumsy at this babying as she was grand at being leopardine , and he found it possible this time to check his lust ; she bent to blow on his neck and ear , as he liked her to do , but he twisted sharply to avert his head , and struck her on the upper arm to beat her off , and then without another word , his face blazing with the effort of his denial , he turned and left her . |
| 3 | She 'd been ashamed to find that she found it such exhausting work , especially without the broad shoulders of Ross to lean on . |
| 4 | I found it interesting last night because of course my reaction to all that was imagine how Gillette did it matter ? |
| 5 | The heavy door frame caused it some minor difficulty , which it overcame with a swing of its shoulders that tore the timber out and tossed it to one side . |
| 6 | Both Clive Anderson in The Sunday Times and Andro Linklater in The Spectator declared it suitable light reading for a summer holiday . |
| 7 | The battledress was very good , I mean the army seemed to wore it all that time so er we had it for several years and we had to press that every day , thick material , very heavy . |
| 8 | We did wonder if we would manage to find the place but we located it one wet Sunday afternoon . |
| 9 | Anyway , since I do not seem to be the owner of a super-fit body I thought it best this year to enter an event that required the minimum of movement . |
| 10 | I was longing to get back to it , or perhaps its associations with Toby were what lent it this sudden magnetism . " |
| 11 | ‘ We passed it ten li back , no ? ’ |
| 12 | Sadd put the home team ahead after seven minutes and the same player made it 2–0 five minutes into the second half . |
| 13 | John Morrissey put the home team ahead after eight minutes from a Kenny Irons pass and John Aldridge made it 2-0 eight minutes later after Irons rattled the bar . |
| 14 | When captain Alan McDonald made it 2-0 seven minutes before half-time , the Irish looked to be well in charge . |
| 15 | I know , but it 's too dear , I looked at that and thought it would be nice to have your name on a brick , but to me twenty pound , if they made it cheaper more people would buy it would n't they ? , what building is it ? |
| 16 | Mr Weld , who inherited this confusion from the Dukakis administration , made it worse last year when , during the election campaign , he promised to find another place to dump . |
| 17 | John Moxen , the joint project director , said the growing pressure from European and domestic legislation and a strong green lobby made it vital that industry and commerce move towards best environmental practices . |
| 18 | Stephen Meads made it three straight wins for the English contingent when he beat Darren Webb 15-6 , 15-12 , 15-7 . |
| 19 | Stephen Meads made it three straight wins for the English contingent when he beat Darren Webb 15-6 , 15-12 , 15-7 . |
| 20 | THE Marquis continued his rich vein of form yesterday when 11/8 shot Rainbow Lake 's success at Newbury made it three winning naps in a row . |
| 21 | Victoria made it clear any schedule would have to make time for both shopping and relaxing , with official duties including opening hospital wards and presenting medals at swimming galas . |
| 22 | Ron Anthony , the NII 's chief inspector made it clear last week that delays over settling the safety case were largely the fault of the CEGB , it was 10 months late with its PCSR and is still filling in gaps in key areas , like the integrity of steam generator tubes and the issue of fuel-clad ballooning . |
| 23 | President Bush 's recent initiative on strategic arms takes this a step further , and my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister made it clear last week that we welcome President Yeltsin 's commitment to deep cuts in super-power arsenals . |
| 24 | Nor can Hewlett be dismissed as having been lucky and got it right first time : it did n't . |
| 25 | Bomber Command got it right two weeks later ! |
| 26 | ISABEL WOLFF BELIEVES THE NOBEL COMMITTEE GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME … |
| 27 | We actually got it right both ways . |
| 28 | I did n't really think I should advise , except to say , ‘ I got it right last time I did it — I hope you get it right the first time you do it ’ . |
| 29 | You did it all last night did you ? |
| 30 | No he you know I did it wrong that time ? |