Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | I was longing to get back to it , or perhaps its associations with Toby were what lent it this sudden magnetism . " |
| 10 | ‘ We passed it ten li back , no ? ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Nor can Hewlett be dismissed as having been lucky and got it right first time : it did n't . |
| 17 | ISABEL WOLFF BELIEVES THE NOBEL COMMITTEE GOT IT RIGHT THIS TIME … |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | You did it all last night did you ? |
| 20 | No he you know I did it wrong that time ? |
| 21 | Third , though the agora certainly has a religious aspect — Kleisthenes probably purified it and banned burials there when he gave it new political importance — it also , and equally certainly , was a place where ordinary commerce was carried on , thus Demosthenes ( xviii.169 ) mentions the wicker booths set up for trading there . |
| 22 | The light was fading on the walls of the Imperial city ; I gave it one last look and came , reluctantly , to sit at the table . |
| 23 | Madeleine gave it one more glance , then shooed Thérèse out in front of her . |
| 24 | On the contrary , well-rounded performances ( especially from mild-mannered Kevin Whateley of future Morse fame and lovable brick shithouse Jimmy Nail ) and gently interweaving domestic plotlines gave it much long-term potential . |
| 25 | ’ And Trevor just turned round and gave it this tremendous kick . |
| 26 | Its gentle approach and its emphasis on sensible preventive measures also gave it considerable patient appeal when compared with the more barbarous established approaches . |
| 27 | I do n't think so I mean I left it all last night and everything seemed er amicable and er I have n't heard anything to the contrary today . |
| 28 | I wrote it one late evening , sitting at my window , looking out into the rainy darkness of autumn and at the great black bulk of the cathedral : |
| 29 | But Sinclair hit back : ‘ Derek had it easy last year and his place was almost guaranteed . |
| 30 | Yeah granddad he had er an operation on his , he had it all fucking lamp-shade , light bulb , he 's gone |