Example sentences of "it [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the Heath administration first began to expand its intelligence activities in Ulster , it operated a number of agents , complete with English accents , before it built up an indigenous network . |
| 2 | Commodore International Ltd says it repaid a loan of $13m to the Prudential Insurance Co of America rather than accept the terms that were proposed . |
| 3 | Even the power of the storm , with which it shared a kinship also , could not assuage the hunger . |
| 4 | He knew that he would have to climb down , hand over hand , foot dangling until it got a hold , body close to the wood , face turned up and away from whatever awesome sight awaited him at the bottom of the tree . |
| 5 | And it got a hold on us , too . |
| 6 | I got a bit fed up after we 'd toured Britain once , it got a bit boring seeing the same places . ’ |
| 7 | And we sold a couple of million records , so it got a bit popular ! ’ |
| 8 | The last tour I had the whole thing note-for-note worked out and it got a bit boring after a while ; this way it stays exciting and sometimes I pull it off and sometimes I die a death . |
| 9 | ‘ It got a bit difficult . |
| 10 | It got a bit confusing , writing it all down . |
| 11 | well we used to come in here before went and that has n't been the same at night cos it got a bit so he 'd say excuse me , love there 's ladies present here ca n't have that . |
| 12 | It got a bit bent when I dropped it . |
| 13 | It was a word it got a bit wet did n't it ? |
| 14 | We started calling them Ronnie but it got a bit confusing . |
| 15 | Cos it got a bit pricey so I thought , we could of bought one about half . |
| 16 | Once Mr Hooper started managing this group , it got a name for itself — ‘ Black and Blue ’ . |
| 17 | It got a stop watch on it have it ? |
| 18 | There 's too much going on in Adventuredom to give much room to its older denizens , but you ca n't go far wrong with Bloodwych — it got a Sizzler in Issue 65 ! |
| 19 | Significantly , it got a laugh but did n't shut the lady up . |
| 20 | It got a roar of appreciation which I can still hear , and afterwards Stephen Sondheim came over to ask me if I 'd had the dress made to go with the remark . |
| 21 | And , we also feel it got a future to the people who are working within it , , in that it will lead them on hopefully , to useful employment opportunities . |
| 22 | It got a mention . |
| 23 | It got a lot of airplay from John Peel , and was written up extensively by the music press . |
| 24 | Marlon may have got involved in a noble cause , but it got a lot of people 's backs up in the business . |
| 25 | It got a lot of visitors , passing heads , the curious , the indigent , the bombed out , the Hell 's Angels . |
| 26 | Shares of Cirrus Logic Inc plunged 30% on heavy volume following the company 's disappointing fiscal fourth quarter figures ( CI No 2,158 ) : Cirrus reported earnings of 10 cents a share , and the mean estimate of seven analysts surveyed by First Call had put fourth-quarter earnings at 31 cents a share ; Cirrus said it experienced a decline in profitability because of demand fluctuations in the disk-drive industry , where inventories are high ; analysts said its earnings wo n't improve until the September quarter ; disk guru Jim Porter , president of Disk/Trend , said some of Cirrus ' earnings shortfall is likely coming from Conner Peripherals Inc , which also recently disappointed Wall Street with its own results , because the rest of the disk drive industry is still healthy ; analysts also told Reuter that Cirrus is facing tougher competition in disk controllers from Adaptec Inc , Milpitas , California . |
| 27 | PEUGEOT Talbot , the UK subsidiary of the big French car-marker , yesterday warned shareholders that trading would remain difficult this year as it revealed a slump in annual profits . |
| 28 | A strange glow was emitted by the water on the stage , which gradually increased in brilliance until it revealed a vibrancer performing the opening sequence of a presentation . |
| 29 | When the sample 's average score out of twenty was calculated , it revealed an increase from 9.5 to 14.3 out of twenty . |
| 30 | The most reliable and systematic survey was that carried out by Dr Kenneth Mellanby into pediculosis , and it revealed an incidence that was quite high . |