Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It applied its new cash limits to approvals of local capital spending and to local grants . |
| 2 | I do n't know how much Oliver 's told you about the Shakespeare School , but take it from me that place is tacky : how it got its registered status I shudder to think . |
| 3 | The British foreign office also showed itself more forward-looking than almost any other in the adoption of the typewriter : it appointed its first typist in 1889 and had eight by 1900 . |
| 4 | The actual administration of the National Union was separated from Central Office in 1921 , and it appointed its own secretary thereafter ; it was a change of no great importance , for the National Union continued to work from Central Office and the Principal Agent continued to be Honorary Secretary , but it was a minor declaration of independence . |
| 5 | But when the nation was not at war the social round of the Fields was formidable Olive , it is said , eventually grew tired of Morris Grange so , in 1919 , Norman bought Lartington Hall with its 140 acres of parkland , 3 grouse moors , 3 lakes , 13 farms and most of the cottages in the village , and it became their principal residence for the rest of their lives . |
| 6 | It became her only home . |
| 7 | But you had to win it twice before it became your own property . |
| 8 | The only dish she made that we could tolerate was syrup tart , which we praised extravagantly , with the result that it became our unhealthy staple diet . |
| 9 | Photography was part of the course ; he found to his delight that he had the college darkrooms to himself , and it became his main focus for the four-year course . |
| 10 | Photography was part of the course ; he found to his delight that he had the college darkrooms mostly to himself , and it became his main focus for the four-year course . |
| 11 | She had taken in the grey dress so that it hugged her thin body more closely , but that was her sole concession to fashion . |
| 12 | Last week it admitted its 400th member , the Swedish-owned United Securities Fondkommission , the first time that level has been reached in its 300-year history . |
| 13 | It made its first journey in 1883 but by the 1960s had been run down to an ordinary train . |
| 14 | It was identified on the surveillance radar when it made its first position report and was cleared to continue to the BN non-directional beacon . |
| 15 | As expected , AST formally announced its Manhattan SMP multi-processor PC' ( UX No 398 , 377 ) — it made its first appearance at CeBit in Hannover this spring . |
| 16 | It made its first flight in July , shortly after this photo was taken . |
| 17 | The car did not normally carry passengers , but its seats were used that season by a small orchestra which played selections from ‘ The Gondoliers ’ as it made its romantic way along the Promenade . |
| 18 | PREVIOUS whisky industry wisdom had it that Whyte & Mackay , largest minority shareholder of Invergordon Distillers since it made its hostile bid , was going to wait for yesterday 's results and , if they were sufficiently poor to drive down the share price , would then pounce for the remaining 8.8 per cent of shares to give it control . |
| 19 | it made its last appearance at Watkins Glen — a reluctant Andretti again at the wheel — and failed to shine even in the wet conditions of practice . |
| 20 | Whichever it was the emotion was so strong it made her attempted flirtation with Nahum Morey seem cheap . |
| 21 | She had shot him for all the things he had done to her and her husband , shot him because , in the end , she still loved him , and it made his ultimate betrayal all the harder to bear . |
| 22 | So he persuaded himself , for it made his own sin less grievous that he was not leading her into temptation too . |
| 23 | With his unkempt ginger hair running down into sideboards it made his hard face look even meaner . |
| 24 | It made my one minute I thought help ! |
| 25 | Right , and it made my last week . |
| 26 | It was a whole new experience , and at first it made my own feeling of being a fraud even more acute . |
| 27 | Although the merger did not dramatically increase the main opposition party 's size , it expanded its geographical area of support beyond the PPD 's traditional south-western stronghold around Kwangju . |
| 28 | The Pru 's ‘ transparent ’ financial reporting has been dominating the headlines recently since it restated its 1991 life and pensions accounts under the accruals basis . |
| 29 | The Ship slowed its fall and drifted down across the scrublands until it met its own shadow . |
| 30 | Fergie says : ‘ Finally something did happen , but it soon became clear that the Queen was just not capable of getting involved in emotional , personal problems — even though it involved her own flesh and blood . ’ |