Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adj] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He stopped outside the kitchen door and carefully cracked it open a fraction — and looked straight into Jane 's wide eyes .
2 The Wilsons however found it all a bit much and thinking their tank threatened , have moved the fish on to Blackpool 's Sealife Centre .
3 I was about ten at the time and I found it all a bit frightening .
4 Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much .
5 Sarah 's place at University is now assured along with other classmates , some of whom found it all a bit too much .
6 Grandma laughed and called it all a waste
7 Three minutes before the interval Millen struck to break the deadlock and Love made it two a minute later .
8 And to be his was what she wanted — which made it such a nonsense that when , as he caressed his hands over her naked behind and then pulled her to him , that as her body came into contact with the pure maleness of him , she experienced a moment of totally unexpected panic .
9 ( It was also , of course , disgusting and deplorable : that 's what made it such a success . )
10 What did they put in the coffee that made it such a diuretic ?
11 the most disappointing aspect of Gloucester 's game was the lack of drive and power from the pack … they were rescued by the boot of Paul Beech … he made it 12 a piece … two games gone and still no tries for the cherry and whites
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