Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [conj] it [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | How was it possible that in a single fraction of a second , and for the very first time , she discovered a motion of the arm and body so perfect and polished that it resembled a finished work of art ? |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Now I sat beside her and watched as the cloth was folded and refolded until it became a nubin . |
| 4 | The Liberal Democrat leader , Mr Paddy Ashdown , called last week 's repatriation operation a ‘ three o ’ clock knock ’ , and warned that it set an ‘ appalling example ’ to China , which would be responsible for the safekeeping of British subjects in the colony from 1997 . |
| 5 | Mr Spring stressed his belief that the Anglo-Irish Agreement was ‘ very important ’ and insisted that it had a future . |
| 6 | I found your recent article ‘ A new discipline ’ on marketing in the Nineties ( MW December 6 ) extremely interesting and felt that it raised a number of important issues . |
| 7 | He slipped the catch and saw that it contained an assortment of old prayer books , missals , devotional pamphlets , and a pile of booklets about the history of the church . |
| 8 | The NCCK welcomed the decision and said that it signalled a new era of reconciliation , justice , tolerance and brotherhood . |