Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb past] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I.M. Pei , who immediately approved the idea of glass roofing , found it posed particularly difficult technical problems relating to drainage and air conditioning . |
| 2 | This had been close-carpeted in a warm golden colour , but Kate guessed it covered more beautiful old wood floors . |
| 3 | She peered at the Christmas cactus she had bought for Alan and decided it looked distinctly sorry for itself . |
| 4 | On the contrary , there is much to suggest that , in this election , Labour moved too far away from its traditional base ; that its attempts at reassuring those outside its ‘ natural ’ core of supporters meant it did too little to mobilise support among those who would benefit from its policies . |
| 5 | The round-headed silhouette of the Scottish Fold gained it many admirers , although some felt it looked too sad . |
| 6 | Ace thought of it as some sort of insect , although she knew it had too many legs . |
| 7 | I stood looking at it in the darkness , just aware of its bulk in the feeble light of a broken moon , and I thought it looked even bigger than it really was , like a stone-giant 's head , a huge moonlit skull full of shapes and memories , staring out to sea and attached to a vast , powerful body buried in the rock and sand beneath , ready to shrug itself free and disinter itself on some unknowable command or cue . |
| 8 | Well ac actually on it 's , looks absolutely horrible and just thought it looked really nice and I was , did n't feel comfortable in it all night ! |
| 9 | I was watching for him erm I 'd been to the loo and I glanced out the er landing window and I thought it looked too tall for you . |
| 10 | I thought it looked quite good . |
| 11 | I thought it looked very good . |
| 12 | At the end of the day I thought it looked very attractive , but whether it will catch the eye of a customer when I display it on the craft stall is another matter . |
| 13 | I know that sounds quite sad and it 's embarrassing that I copied him , but I ca n't help it because I thought it looked so great on him . |
| 14 | Maria had become Mary because the management thought it sounded more Irish . |
| 15 | Car sales were uncomfortably large , and with them the July trade deficit ; but the Treasury thought it detected more comforting underlying trends . |
| 16 | When first formed it had only 12 members ; it now has 30,000 . |
| 17 | As his outburst proceeded it became vulnerably autobiographical as he began to talk of certain European traditions which , he said , Bacon was not extending but leading into a cul-de-sac . |
| 18 | Condensed it sounded very little for an afternoon 's talking but simultaneously it was a surprising amount from a man who had started the day denying everything . |
| 19 | As the problem of insider trading increased it became increasingly evident that s.16 was insufficient . |
| 20 | Endill found it funny but someone sitting next to him said it became very annoying year after year . |
| 21 | Emile Al-Uzaizi , the deputy leader of the council 's Conservative opposition group and a social services committee member , said it seemed quite incredible that the mother could call her neighbour and still not return home . |
| 22 | The company said it shipped over 90,000 Sparc processors during the quarter , 57,000 of which were systems , the balance being upgrades and multiprocessors . |
| 23 | ‘ Rumble ’ became ‘ boom ’ because Imran ( S ) said it sounded more scary . |
| 24 | Aunt Lou said it sounded very nice but to make sure the bed was aired because old places were often damp . |
| 25 | Marie bought it for me , and she said it looked really great . |
| 26 | While it was widely felt that CPA formalised good practice , some respondents said it included too many patients , impinged on clinical judgement , and required more resources to implement properly . |
| 27 | Polly laughed , and wished it sounded more convincing . |
| 28 | He wanted it kept very safe from all harm . |
| 29 | As we descended it became increasingly hot , and in the space of two hours we had dropped from rolling grassy hills to a sandy , semi-desert plain . |
| 30 | Yes , we were n't too happy with the point situation because we considered it went too low , but having said that , now that it 's been democratically voted in , we are one hundred per cent in obeyance with it and we are going to go along with it . |