Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , it produced more smoke than flames and Ridley cried out in pain . |
| 2 | It made little difference as York 's full back Richard Stevenson bamboozled Novos with a hat-trick of exciting tries from set piece moves , the fourth being touched down by scrum half Martyn Harrison in the 49th minute . |
| 3 | It made little difference if a dreadful rash despoiled both little faces . |
| 4 | The first meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers was held on 2 January 1818 with eight founder members present , but it made slow progress until in 1820 Telford , who never joined the Smeatonians , agreed to become the first president . |
| 5 | Masklin ran this sentence through his head again , in case it made any sense when you listened to it a second time . |
| 6 | Well , it made more sense than ‘ good morning ’ . |
| 7 | Last year it made more profit than any of the clearing ( commercial ) banks against which it increasingly competes . |
| 8 | The main point of the case was that it involved domestic property where the client would suffer ( as a private purchaser ) a relatively great loss if the report were negligent , while the risk that would have been undertaken by the surveyor , if he had accepted liability for negligence , would have been relatively low , since it was a routine survey of domestic property , and for him , as a businessman , the value of the property in question was not relatively a great amount of money . |
| 9 | ‘ It provided built-in variety when the technology of TV was very different . |
| 10 | A PWR was economic , displacing old plant ; it was a good thing because it used other fuel than coal , or , rather , it was in line with the |
| 11 | It caused endless trouble because of all the bride-prices being paid in cattle . |
| 12 | There are several reasons why it received greater emphasis as the years went by . |
| 13 | Their relationship was further strained when Wolfgang threw security to the winds to go to Vienna , and it suffered irreparable damage when a new and more powerful force — in the form of a prospective bride — entered Wolfgang 's life . |
| 14 | With nostrils at the end of a proboscis-like beak , conspicuous ears and unable to fly , it seemed more mammal than bird . |
| 15 | Six countries bordering the Black Sea — Bulgaria , Georgia , Romania , Russia , Turkey and the Ukraine — have agreed on a three year programme to tackle pollution of its waters , after an international scientific group warned that it faced ecological death unless urgent measures were taken . |
| 16 | Particularly impressive was its handling of greyscales — it displayed more subtlety than you 'd expect . |
| 17 | You see , it needed more strength than an elderly lady or a boy could have . |
| 18 | It required close liaison as Sekers tendered for the business , adding their own design flair to the interpretation of the brief , and their technical skills to the specification . |
| 19 | Necessary as legislation was in terms of public safety , for years it was unattractive to Ministers since it required considerable expenditure whilst at the same time being unlikely to attract any votes . |
| 20 | November : On Nov. 14 all 46 people on board an Alitalia DC9 died when it hit high ground while approaching Zurich airport in Switzerland . |
| 21 | It looked more silver than gold on this dull , overcast day . |
| 22 | It took more courage than she knew she possessed to follow him . |
| 23 | It took more optimism than most people could summon to believe that man could renounce the time-honoured outlet of war utterly and at a stroke . |
| 24 | It took another year before the group felt confident enough to organize its first semi-open event — a disco . |
| 25 | It took another week before my photographs were developed and I saw the result of my airborne activities . |
| 26 | it took some time before it was explained to them that the French pronunciation of GPT sounded just like ‘ J'ai pété ’ which , as all you Europhiles no doubt know , means ‘ I have broken wind . ’ |
| 27 | It took some time before Willie allowed himself to relax in the water . |
| 28 | But it took some time before any clear view emerged as to what these new arrangements should be . |
| 29 | Well , I know now , though it took some time before my stupid head would accept what my infinitely more sensible heart had been trying to tell it all along . ’ |
| 30 | ft was wrong , one Kufran Islamic socialist explained , that a man who owned a drilling machine should keep 80 per cent of what it earned each month while those who worked it should share only 20 per cent . |