Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From then on , throughout the fifties , it doubled itself every five years . |
| 2 | Whatever , it got him a long , heartfelt , high-pitched ‘ Wooooooooooooooo ’ from about 20,000 people who 'd got little else to wooo about . |
| 3 | It concerned him the more to see that Titch , also , appeared to have no eyes for anything but the Wheel . |
| 4 | And it concerned him an awful lot and it it it irritated him and frustrated him and I think he set his sights on trying to do something about it in his his way . |
| 5 | It produced what the French defence minister , Charles Hernu , described to the French parliament as a ‘ new radioactive situation . ’ |
| 6 | And so that , it made me a tougher than I should have been . |
| 7 | As Gloucester 's power grew , it made him a better lord for the affinity as a whole . |
| 8 | As Gloucester 's power grew , it made him a better lord for the affinity as a whole . |
| 9 | After a full day of sightseeing , it made it a pleasant change not to see the ground . |
| 10 | It made it a cosy scene , an effect enhanced by the glow of several candles placed in tall sconces against the wall . |
| 11 | It made it no better for her that they had been after her father . |
| 12 | As far as I was concerned , it made it the logical time to sell . |
| 13 | It was the first time I had seen a ship built from scratch and it was quite an experience to watch the steel plates being cut by their ingenious machine which controlled a cutter as it drew our the required shapes direct from the blueprint , converting everything to full scale as it cut . |
| 14 | they were half price , erm , it cost them a hundred and twenty nine quid I think |
| 15 | well it cost them a hundred thousand to do it , but , I mean he 's never been able to afford the |
| 16 | ‘ No I bloody ent , ’ Yanto laughed , ‘ it cost me a hundred and fifty , and my next salmon . |
| 17 | It cost me a two-stroke penalty and £3,500 . |
| 18 | A new constraint came into his tone when he spoke of ‘ them ’ ; it cost him a giant effort now , as well as a convulsion of remembering pain , to look back towards Aber . |
| 19 | Cos it helped me the last time . |
| 20 | Maybe it caused you a few problems , but you might be about to get your reward in heaven . |
| 21 | The 499-member Congress held its constituent session on March 11-12 , when it declared itself the constitutional representative of the Estonian people and passed resolutions calling for restoration of Estonia 's independent statehood and the withdrawal of Soviet troops stationed in the republic . |
| 22 | In particular it showed me the many opportunities we have , and that we are a talented organisation . |
| 23 | It was one of those rare occasions when a covert operation could be examined in the full glare of publicity and it showed what a foolhardy idea it was from the start for , even if Crabb had returned safely , it is unlikely he could have brought back enough information to have justified the risk in the first place . |
| 24 | The maverick maestro , who prefers life in scruffy clothes , was lent the gold-trimmed gown by Bath University when it awarded him an honorary degree for musical ability in June last year . |
| 25 | ‘ It taught me a harsh lesson . |
| 26 | It called itself the European Parliamentary Assembly and symbolically arranged the seating of delegates by political affiliation rather than by nationality . |
| 27 | If he could relive that shot I 'm sure he 'd never take a driver there off the tee ( Azinger has said just that in print ) because it lost him the Open . |
| 28 | As it brought me an endless supply of free wallop I played along with this . |
| 29 | And it brought them a great try that , in the final analysis , won them the match . |
| 30 | As for playing the Manson , well , it took me a little time to get into it . |