Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it a " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I saw from the papers that Miss Ella Shields , the original Burlington Bertie from Bow , was to appear for a week at the Pantages Theatre on Hastings Street , I made it a point of seeing the show . |
| 2 | I soon realized that if I made it a bit spicy , I 'd get more than threepence for it , so I used to make up limericks , things like , |
| 3 | I made it a rule — which , it is true , he broke from time to time when he had something particularly pressing or intimate to convey — that he should not drop into French while we were together . |
| 4 | I made it a condition that I 'd only do it with an American choreographer , and my assistant is American , too . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I got it a little wrong , ’ says Eva . |
| 6 | They behaved towards me as they would to anyone else and I found it a very valuable exposure . |
| 7 | I found it a rather disgusting product of a self-admitted drug damaged brain . |
| 8 | When I first visited Yad Vashem in 1978 , I found it a place of unanswerable accusation . |
| 9 | Whether Hardy 's slightly impulsive way with phrasing is quite what this music demands ( all three works are in their different ways Classical in behaviour ) will be a matter of personal taste , but , given the highly personalised response , I found it a most pleasingly seductive recital . |
| 10 | Once I had said that I found it a lot easier to speak to her . |
| 11 | I had been his guest in the air very briefly before when I was taken up to see Low Birk Hatt as a bird would see it , and I found it a thrilling experience , quite the best way to travel . |
| 12 | There with the Princess 's permission as the only journalist , I found it a fascinating insight into how Diana conducts a part of her life that has until now been comparatively secret . |
| 13 | I found it a bit disturbing sometimes but I just had to accept it . |
| 14 | I found it a very compassionate account of the unrewarding role filled by many in today 's ever-divorcing society . |
| 15 | And Gregory : ‘ I found it a tremendously exciting challenge to depict the past as convincingly as I could for the mass-market audience of today . ’ |
| 16 | I found it a bit stilted , but Ted thought it warm . |
| 17 | I found it a bit too hypnotic for comfort . |
| 18 | I 'm a comparative newcomer to this computer age that many people of my generation would rather try to ignore … but you really ca n't … and as an owner of a computer and an 8 year old , I found it a good read and picked up lots of new tips on home entertainment/education as well . |
| 19 | I found it a bit odd that a sensible girl should write about them in that — that romantic way . ’ |
| 20 | Having read what the Queen 's Speech says on matters of foreign policy , I must say that I found it a bit of a mish-mash . |
| 21 | And I found it a little strange they were suggesting that an alternative approach may be suitable here , particularly when th the evidence has n't been put forw or gone through the public consultation process . |
| 22 | Th we th , I think at that time it was just the done thing , you hand out tranquillizers , erm but I found it a , a really bad experience |
| 23 | I think the other thing also , I found it a disadvantage actually having it on the table , I think if I 'd just left it on the like that |
| 24 | I found it a lot easier . |
| 25 | I moved it a little way away . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm rather lame people in the village say you 've caught arthritis , and I caught it a year or two ago but my brain has n't entirely given out . |
| 27 | I weighed it a few minutes later and was delighted , to say the least , when it pulled the needle round to 10lb 3oz . |
| 28 | I used it a lot mixed with transoxide yellow when painting in rock outcrops . |
| 29 | He said : ‘ The van was not there at 6pm but I noticed it a little bit later . |
| 30 | I 'm unashamed to report that I enjoyed it a lot , and I 'm sure I would have loved it as a child . |