Example sentences of "it [vb past] a large [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It operated a large tramway system in North-West London , with over three hundred cars . |
| 2 | This scheme — which was widely adopted by colonial administrations right across the continent — killed two birds with one stone : it both raised money and it produced a large labour force which had previously been occupied with growing food for their families . |
| 3 | Rugby was even worse , as it involved a large amount of physical contact , and there was nowhere on the field you could hide and no playing position which kept you out of harm 's way . |
| 4 | The policy , which aimed to reserve 27 per cent of public-sector jobs for members of the lower castes , provoked caste-based violence across northern India ( although it received a large measure of support in the predominantly low-caste south ) and provided an issue around which Singh 's opponents within the Janata Dal could coalesce . |
| 5 | It attracted a large Customs and Excise office and the Access credit card headquarters , but tourists were not encouraged . |
| 6 | But what about this : in 1853 , at Trouville , he watched the sun go down over the sea , and declared that it resembled a large disc of redcurrant jam . |
| 7 | Today very little military demi-caractère style exists in Western ballet except in such American works as Balanchine 's Stars and Stripes , but it played a large part during the nineteenth century . |
| 8 | That administrative reality is important , because it played a large part in determining what things are like now . |
| 9 | It affected a large number of libraries , and it included college libraries as well as public libraries . |
| 10 | As with Crepinet 's scheme , it showed a large square on the axis of a new Westminster Bridge but in the centre of the square was a reconstructed St Margaret 's Church . |
| 11 | A chain wound its way round various wheels and cogs and at the end of it hung a large bucket . |
| 12 | It covered a large area , and I really would n't have minded leaving Nigel there , but the compost heap was what he wanted , and the compost heap was where he was going . |
| 13 | It included a large force of Welsh infantry — soldiers who were soon to win a fearsome reputation for themselves . |
| 14 | It included a large expedition to France in 1522 , an attack on the Scots and a major invasion of France in 1523 , and an abortive plan for a third French campaign after the capture of Francis I at Pavia in 1525 . |
| 15 | On one of their visits , there was an uncanny , if hilarious , echo of the kind of political and religious turmoil experienced by Olive 's family in years gone by One day they were boarding a boat and noticed it contained a large number of sticks , shaped like rifles . |
| 16 | It contained a large number of royal estates : perhaps a third of those which have been identified in the Carolingian Empire . |
| 17 | It generated a large volume of mail and telephone calls and frightened enough members into believing that the electoral consequences would be dire if they failed to support the president . |
| 18 | It investigated a large number of incidents and drew conclusions about fault and responsibility . |
| 19 | Suppose , for the sake of argument , it happened to be the case that marriage weakened the power of a priest to influence his flock , say because it occupied a large proportion of his time and attention . |
| 20 | It was called the Eel and Boot and it had a large sign outside with a welly covered in slime and an even slimier serpentine creature peering irritably out of the top of it like Ridley Scott 's alien in one of its earlier manifestations . |
| 21 | On the other hand it had a large compensation . |
| 22 | It had a large nave with massive columns separating it from the aisles ( 92 and 93 ) . |
| 23 | It had a large basement under it . |
| 24 | It had a large sitting-room with an open hearth , a refectory dining-room with wooden tables and benches , a small library in which silence was observed . |
| 25 | Mason 's was one of the largest machine-works in North Sydney and it had a large labour force . |
| 26 | It had a large earthenware sink and an electric stove where one could heat water in a huge blackened kettle . |
| 27 | It had a large membership with several members influential in local civic life and an enviable record of continuous educational activity over several years through its courses and conferences . |
| 28 | Unlike the banned groups it had a large membership and was represented in several state legislatures . |
| 29 | In the centre of the room was a deal table with a top that was scrubbed daily , it had a large cutlery drawer and one of the four turned legs was well worn where generations of cats had sharpened their claws . |
| 30 | Further investigation showed that it had a large number of actions : so large that the trade name Largactil was coined . |