Example sentences of "of it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the majority in favour of merit , SCOTVEC 's implementation of it attracted critical comment . |
| 2 | Povey and Sir W. Batten and I by water to Woolwich ; and there saw an experiment made of Sir R. Ford 's Holland 's yarn ( about which we have lately made so much stir ; and I have much concerned myself of our rope-maker , Mr Hughes who represented it so bad ) and we found it to be very bad , and broke sooner than , upon a fair triall , five threads of that against four of Riga yarne ; also that some of it had old stuffe that had been tarred , covered over with new hempe , which is such a cheat as has not been heard of . |
| 3 | The force of it lifted Golden Girl 's stern and for a moment Trent feared that she would bury her bows in the sea and pitch-pole . |
| 4 | Moddy Dhu was the PHANTOM dog of the Isle of Man , and the sight of it caused immediate death . |
| 5 | The Act defined the area for which bye-laws could be made , that is , all of the Moray Firth , although much of it comprised international waters . |