Example sentences of "it [vb past] [noun prp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Above all , it taught Haslam the ‘ common touch ’ . |
| 2 | Geoffrey Martel had perceived the propaganda potential of public war as early as the mid eleventh century ; later it enabled Henry the Liberal of Champagne to claim the military service of all lords within his county , a reapplication of the Carolingian ban . |
| 3 | It took White the best part of this season to repair the psychological damage , but are we to believe him when he claims that he will win the World Championship unless he gets ‘ a terrible illness or someone plays like God ’ ? |
| 4 | For size and splendour Wanstead was excelled only by Versailles in the 1660s , and it earned London the sobriquet of the English Le Nôtre . |
| 5 | It gave Nora the only hope she had . |
| 6 | It gave Kirov the ideal opportunity to return to the Kharkov air-base and , of course , to see Vologsky . |
| 7 | It gave Scarlet the impression that she had grown very old and from now on might just as well go round in her shroud . |
| 8 | It gave Patrick the feeling that their every move had been planned for them by Comrade Ceauŝescu himself . |
| 9 | More important , it gave Mexico the breathing space it needed to tempt back flight capital and boost GDP growth . |
| 10 | The deliberate cruelty of it gave Theda the strength she needed . |
| 11 | As it left Sarajevo the pilot realised that hostile gunners had ‘ locked-on ’ to the plane . |