Example sentences of "that [vb past] it [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The cabin was surprisingly spacious , even if it did lack the little human touches that made it a home .
2 But she loved him , and that made it a bargain — and he did n't even deserve to be loved .
3 He was embittered , as could be expected , at the government 's neglect of the Canadian Indian , and he resented the laws that made it an offence to sell liquor to an Indian and which confined the original Canadian population to reservations .
4 The horizon was still invisible , but above the line of mist that hid it the sky was clear , with the promise of a lovely evening .
5 The working class was hardly more impressed by the Manifesto and in the weeks that followed it the government faced an unprecedented challenge to its authority , centred on St Petersburg and Moscow .
6 In addition , the finished cloth had a natural , peasanty look , often full of flaws and slubs , that gave it a charm and character which coincided perfectly with the image Laura sought .
7 The house it penned was old and brown with a porch that gave it a sort of potbelly .
8 It was being in a position to suggest those things that gave it the edge . ’
9 Was it Aunt Aunty Emma that had it a bit rough ?
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