Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] of [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It got rid of problems until the next morning .
2 A few years ago this was only available in specialist nurseries , but I thought I recently caught a glimpse of it in Geoff Hamilton 's ornamental vegetable garden on the television , so I suppose it has come of age .
3 It has proved of benefit when used against herpes viruses or viral hepatitis for example , and researchers at the MRC 's Common Cold Unit in Wiltshire have shown that it can provide effective protection against colds .
4 But why does the body burn so much energy when it gets rid of infection ?
5 A dispute over the conflicting constitutional rights of press freedom ( enshrined within the First Amendment ) and the right of a defendant to a fair trial ( the Sixth Amendment ) arose from an attempt by Cable News Network ( CNN ) to broadcast tapes which it had obtained of telephone calls made by the deposed Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega , who had been imprisoned in the USA since January 1990 awaiting trial on drug trafficking charges .
6 As the DTI had failed to act when it had known of irregularities within the firm , did not the Government have a moral obligation towards the dupes ?
7 So it 's argued of course that this electoral sequence , especially election by thirds is a reason for public confusion about local government .
8 Best do another one best do er Kids ' County number two for today same as before Nottinghamshire 's kids talking about Nottinghamshire 's people and places and things I need to know where they 're describing remember whatever the answer is it 's always somewhere around Nottinghamshire always somewhere in the county three four three four three four to ring then for er Kids ' County number two for today here 's the clues , It 's got barbed wire around it it 's made of wood it 's long .
9 There it 's got barbed wire around it it 's made of wood and it 's long where are they talking about what are they talking about somewhere around Nottinghamshire Nottingham three four three four three four to call from this lot of clues , It 's got barbed wire around it it 's made of wood it 's long .
10 There it 's got barbed wire around it it 's made of wood and it 's long where are they talking about what are they talking about somewhere around Nottinghamshire Nottingham three four three four three four to call from this lot of clues , It 's got barbed wire around it it 's made of wood it 's long .
11 Er the clues for our second Kids ' County for today are these ones , It 's got barbed wire round it it 's made of wood it 's long .
12 There it has barbed wire around it it 's made of wood and it 's long Rita .
13 All right er Kids ' County here 's the clues these ones , It 's got barbed wire round it it 's made of wood it 's long .
14 There it 's got barbed wire round it it 's made of wood and it 's long .
15 Here 's the clues then all together then this lot , It 's got barbed wire round it it 's made of wood it 's long it 's got tunnels it 's metal round the edge it 's green .
16 It 's a wooden one it 's made of wood that train .
17 No it 's not , it 's made of glass and metal .
18 But now it 's made of stonework or or concrete .
19 Cost effective , economical cheap do it the simple way , so it 's cheap and we 've got what it 's made of concrete .
20 And it 's made of fibre glass is it ?
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