Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb past] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When this came it represented the first archaeological exploration ever conducted , a landmark in man 's self-consciousness . |
| 2 | The tragedy of Oedipus Rex was given archetypal significance by Freud when he claimed it encapsulated the universal unconscious wish of young boys to dispense with their fathers in order to establish an exclusive claim upon their mothers . |
| 3 | They felt it emphasised the Polish presence in the city . |
| 4 | No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem . |
| 5 | No school thought it had the perfect answer and all stressed the need for constant awareness of the problem . |
| 6 | They thought it included the contrary proposition that the law did not protect the fish . |
| 7 | Yesterday the National Audit Office , the official public spending watchdog , admitted it missed the legal aid bill — run up as Mr Lamont evicted a sex therapist from his flat — when it went through the Treasury accounts . |
| 8 | Disorganised French industry was slow to get into gear , and when it did it committed the traditional error — not emulated by the Germans — of having too many models . |
| 9 | They said it meant the latter ; they said they were ‘ prepared to see the ratio between profits and incomes preserved at a reasonable level by a tax which would become operative upon all industry when a certain figure was exceeded by profits as a whole ’ . |
| 10 | I merely said it avoided the real issue . ’ |
| 11 | The yard 's commercial managers , Babcock Thorn , said it hoped the 200 white-collar and 350 industrial jobs could be cut through voluntary severance . |
| 12 | In a joint press conference with Darlington borough council , the YMCA said it hoped the 30-bed hostel in Melland Street , off Borough Road would be open in spring , 1994 . |
| 13 | The insolent way she said it made the other girls gasp with astonishment . |
| 14 | Tory Bill Walker said it showed the German nation in its true colours . |
| 15 | Shell said it appeared the 3,625 ton Danish refrigerated cargo ship Icestar had a fouled propeller . |