Example sentences of "[vb past] it [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She ranged it beside a dozen other pots and jars and bottles on her dressing-table and it looked well . |
| 2 | The bottom room , with Its two huge grinding-wheels of burr-granite propped against the wall and its lingering smell of flour , still held an air of mystery , of time held in abeyance , of a place bereft of its purpose and meaning , so that he never entered it without a slight sense of desolation . |
| 3 | On the following day after the Christians had taken possession of the town , the Cid entered it with a great company , and he ascended the highest tower of the wall , and beheld all the city ; and the Moors came unto him , and kissed his hand , saying he was welcome . |
| 4 | The legislation transformed it into a new central bank and introduced a new tier of commercial banks and other lending institutions . |
| 5 | He transformed it into a stately home and filled it with objets d'art from afar . |
| 6 | Both leaders admitted that several issues remained unresolved by the treaty , but they described it as a good basis for the development of future bilateral relations . |
| 7 | Manager Lennie Lawrence described it as a good old-fashioned scrap . |
| 8 | When sentencing him at Oxford Crown Court today , Judge Leo Clarke described it as a motiveless and shocking attack . |
| 9 | Also on Beinn Bhan , Der Riesenwand was climbed by Roger Webb by the original line , and Robin Clothier by an accidental direct finish ( sorry , partners unknown ) , and Gully of the Gods by Robin Beadle and Martin Moran , who described it as a superb but straightforward grade V. |
| 10 | Mrs Gibson described it as a living history book . |
| 11 | Nicholas Winterton , who is planning to abstain in next week 's vote , described it as a short-term fix rather than a long-term solution . |
| 12 | Jesus described it as a spiritual rebirth . |
| 13 | Lord Taylor , sitting with Mr Justice Pill and Mr Justice Sedley , described it as a tragic case of homicide within a family . |
| 14 | The Regional Health Authority tonight described it as a tragic story . |
| 15 | Although Serbian officials dismissed the incident as an outbreak of mass hysteria , Albanians described it as a mass poisoning perpetrated by Serbian nationalists , and anti-Serbian and anti-Montenegrin demonstrations quickly broke out across the province . |
| 16 | President Compaore , in his closing address to the congress , described it as a resounding victory for the Burkinabe people against economic alienation and for more democracy . |
| 17 | Louis pushed his plate away from him , took the chop bone and tossed it to the springer who caught it with a single sharp snap . |
| 18 | She dismissed it with a regal gesture . |
| 19 | He dismissed it with a faint , scornful laugh as he moved towards the door . |
| 20 | When Columbus spotted the crop that was to become the chief source of Virginia 's prosperity , tobacco , he dismissed it as a worthless weed ; he did , on the other hand , find time to remark on the beauty of the nightingales in a country where none exists . |
| 21 | The Palace dismissed it as a fake , but within 24 hours Royal officials appeared to add weight to its authenticity by failing to reject it outright as a hoax . |
| 22 | The court heard Pinnell , now of Halsway Cottage , Crowcombe , Taunton , Somerset , had taken the car on several occasions but on the last one crashed it into a dry stone wall . |
| 23 | Postine subdued it with a single blow to its long wrinkled neck . |
| 24 | Erm I would imagine Tukuse that the the difference that you put in difference that you would get between the reportage , to use a French expression , of Princess Diana 's abdication from public life was probably quite pronounced between say for example the Sun newspaper and the Independent newspaper I would imagine that the Independent newspaper probably did n't play in any great significance , it was probably on the front page , perhaps not with a picture but erm there was a couple of columns of report erm the Independent is famous as being the newspaper which when Prince Charles and Lady Diana got married many years ago , they reported it with a single paragraph saying Prince Charles and Diana , the whole world went made at the Royal Wedding and the Independent had one paragraph , which many people , including myself , said right on . |
| 25 | They reported it as a negligent discharge during a change of the guard . |
| 26 | In both cases the RapidCad exhibited full IEEE compliance even though the Cyrix test program reported it as a 486 ! . |
| 27 | The press reported it as a big accident . |
| 28 | The seat had been Tory since 1970 and had been held since 1974 by Sir Charles , who retained it with a sizeable personal vote . |
| 29 | He played a diabolical second shot and he must have finished all of 20 yards from the hole , but he sank it for a 3 . |
| 30 | The Templars first built it as a fortified manor but later generations had embellished it to make it more comfortable . |