Example sentences of "[vb past] it [art] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen kept a sharp eye on the proceedings , and found it a favourable wet-day pastime to visit the Dolls ' House . |
| 2 | Some of the nurses found it a nice little earner on top of their poor weekly pay . |
| 3 | MCI Communications Corp reports that the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago awarded it a 10-year multi-million dollar contract to provide circuits for the new FedNet communications system will combine the networks of 12 Federal Reserve district banks and three new centres into one network ; FedNet will offer the banks high speed data services and is responsible for circuit installation and maintenance . |
| 4 | This effect , which is strongest over the frontal lobes , was first observed in 1964 by Grey Walter , who called it the Contingent Negative Variation . |
| 5 | He called it the Common Red Rose and described it as having ‘ flowers not very double , open wide ’ , indicating that this must have been Rosa gallica officinalis or the Apothecary 's Rose . |
| 6 | In fact , Theda thought it a beautiful old building , and felt it to be a pity that it should have been allowed to go to rack . |
| 7 | Italy 's Walter Cavalieri made it a close 116-114 and Germany 's Arthur Ellensohn carded a ‘ shut-out ’ 120-109 , while Puerto Rico 's Cesar Ramos had the fight just about right at 117-112 . |
| 8 | On the one hand its ultra-patriotism and Ger-manophobia made it an important driving force behind the campaign for no compromise and total victory ; but against this was the undoubted fact that the most dynamic political leadership and organizing ability to ensure this outcome was provided by Lloyd George , the radical right 's bête noire . |
| 9 | IN THE beginning there was John Mortimer QC , waxing lyrical about the great ideals of the 1945 Labour government and judging that its commitment to the welfare state and social equality made it the greatest this century . |
| 10 | The impressive hardware , the ( rather primitive ) motion-control techniques , and the startling light effects made it the biggest single breakthrough . |
| 11 | She unpacked a self-locating mine , punched in her identifier and gave it a simple verbal instruction . |
| 12 | ‘ When the red light changed , I gave it a big welly-full . |
| 13 | He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again . |
| 14 | He gave it a few more minutes . |
| 15 | The beards of the barley gave it a restless white ripple like tossed water whenever a breeze ran through the field . |
| 16 | We opt for The Baker 's Wife at the Phoenix and all vote it a definite winner , and I wonder again at the jaundiced palate of critics who gave it a fair old drubbing when it first trotted out . |
| 17 | I thought , I mean I , the fire people gave it the all clear . |