Example sentences of "it [coord] [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | She held it on her finger and sang to it and made little kissing noises with her lips that he tried to imitate . |
2 | Despite Hojjatoleslam Rafsanjani 's assurances that the object of Karbala No 5 was not Basrah , Iran had not quite abandoned all hope of taking it and made another attempt in April , again approaching by way of Fish Lake and claiming numerous Iraqi losses . |
3 | She , Cecilia , though a loving , kind and humble woman , touched no one if she could help it and thought this reserve might be connected with her never having been much for sex . |
4 | I thought it might have amused X. Ray to see it and hoped one day he would , but not under the hostile circumstances in which I had the misfortune to discover myself . |
5 | Moving gingerly , she went over to it and lifted one corner of the cloth , shining her torch on the canvas . |
6 | It may in perfect good faith have misconstrued the provisions giving it power to act so that it failed to deal with the question remitted to it and decided some question which was not remitted to it . |
7 | Alexandra Palace and Park , the latest company willing to take up the baton , has been administering a relaunch for the premises through the offices of Bizat , a genial exhibitions and catering specialist , who had been at the place only 11 weeks , in 1980 , when afire near the great organ gutted much of it and necessitated major reconstruction . |
8 | Saw how he grasped every last detail of it and held that knowledge tight in his memory . |
9 | He nodded his thanks as he took it and flipped another cigarette butt into the toilet . |
10 | When John Bull , the great musician , asked for the reversion to the lease of Radnor Forest , the officer in attendance noted that the Queen was disposed to grant it but wanted more information first . |