Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pron] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the event , it got nothing of the kind . |
| 2 | I smiled a smile that was meant to signify interest in this excursion , but Carla was far too intelligent to believe it showed anything of the sort . |
| 3 | Eating quail 's eggs , he frowned as he reread the letter from Lloyd 's : it warned him of the amount that he would shortly be expected to produce in settlement . |
| 4 | The picture was clearly in her head , but it brought none of the old bitterness , because now she was seeing Alain , imagining him , and it wiped away the old grief . |
| 5 | This expedition , in addition to proving a new method of jungle warfare , did another great thing for British troops : it convinced them of the friendliness of the people of Burma , for many of them who had fought through the 1942 campaign had prejudiced memories of those hard days . |
| 6 | ‘ It did nothing of the sort . |
| 7 | They chose this area because it reminded them of the Alps and afforded them the chance to continue with their much loved skiing . |
| 8 | It reminded him of the big shots in the trade union movement having sandwiches at Number 10 all those years ago . |
| 9 | It reminded him of the zombies he had seen in the horror film at the Empire . |
| 10 | When Endill opened the door they creaked in the draught and it reminded him of the old hanging tree beside the front gate back home at Gibbet Hall . |
| 11 | It reminded him of the vigorousness of Army life . |
| 12 | The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys . |
| 13 | ‘ What really attracted me to this hat was its shape — it reminded me of the ones American tourists wear . ’ |
| 14 | It reminded me of the comparison the Stud Brothers made between you and |
| 15 | It reminded me of the London tubes during an air raid . |
| 16 | ‘ When I first saw it in the distance , dominating the surrounding countryside , looking so magnificent , it reminded me of the Acropolis . ’ |
| 17 | This is because it reminded me of the type of frame one might put around a tapestry or sampler , and I feel this symmetrical design is somewhat reminiscent of sampler work and needlework in general . |
| 18 | It reminded me of the ghost in the horror film I had heard some of the older children talking about . |
| 19 | It reminded me of the voice that had started all this , the night my dad died . |
| 20 | In her view the film had been ‘ quite careful ’ to show that it was an allegory and it reminded her of the British classic film Black Narcissus . |
| 21 | It reminded her of the river bank where Pa and the boys went to cut rushes at weekends so that Ma and Billy could work all week . |
| 22 | It reminded her of the disastrous pole-vault on the school sports-day , when Enid had cast a spell on Mildred 's pole to help her , but had inadvertently overdone the magic and Mildred had sailed through Miss Hardbroom 's study window . |
| 23 | It reminded her of the trunking at the back of a starship 's central processor banks ; and of the tubing inside a tissue regrowth cabinet . |
| 24 | It reminded her of the feeling she had had in the room below this one , stood there amongst the shrouded furniture ; that the house was not abandoned , merely boarded up temporarily , awaiting its occupant 's return . |
| 25 | It reminded her of the type of man he was . |
| 26 | It reminded her of the old days when just a passing glance of his could reduce her to a state of burning confusion . |
| 27 | It reminded her of the first time she 'd seen him . |
| 28 | It reminded her of the time she had slept here , and woken to find him beside her with his arm around her in his beautifully furnished bedroom . |
| 29 | It said nothing of the ! |
| 30 | Built from soft Headington stone , and blackened by the soot from college chimneys , it had something of the crumbly , grand appearance of a country house in Ireland . |