Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] [coord] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In those days a man was allocated duties , it is true they tried to arrange that he was on early spread , medium or late duties but it did n't always work out because of holidays , sickness or that but erm there were no restriction on hours . |
| 2 | In addition , whether or not one had attended a catholic school may have had little effect on sexual values or mass attendance but it did increase catholic activism and racial tolerance ( Greeley , McCready , and McCourt 1976 ) . |
| 3 | The fragmentation and inequities of prewar arrangements were highlighted in 1937 by an influential report from the Department of Political and Economic Planning but it took the Second World War and the Beveridge Report of 1942 to change perceptions sufficiently to legitimise a greatly enhanced role for the state in the provision of health care . |
| 4 | It showed no appreciable difference between young and old women but it declined with age in men . |
| 5 | It was an immediate transformation of my personal and social outlook and it started in me a new sort of excitement — it was as though you 'd been shot full of adrenalin . |
| 6 | The word came from her with sudden and frightening force and it seemed to Creggan as if it was a burden he would carry always in this place . |
| 7 | Yesterday had been the group 's first taste of real sunshine and comparative warmth and it had fired their enthusiasm . |
| 8 | He gave the ferret a strange and beautiful name and it became his god . |
| 9 | She was wearing the blue and green dress and it suited her every bit as well Claudia had thought it would . |
| 10 | Because he was right he was extremely convincing ; he used the sincere and frank approach and it worked . |
| 11 | There was a new Secondary there , a fine building everyone said , with playing fields and a pool and modern laboratories but it sounded , to Carrie , very ordinary and dull . |
| 12 | But do n't let the lightweight feel fool you — the first time I wore it was during a 70mph mountain winds and driving rain and it kept me both warm and dry . |