Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today it announced it 's prepared to guarantee payment of rent by a group called MK Ice , with up to £50,000 . |
| 2 | As it transpired he was able to watch one of the most remarkable rounds of golf ever played at Royal St. George 's , or indeed any other golf course . |
| 3 | Limited by what , in a recession , it could realistically claim to be spending , and obliged to exaggerate its fiscal rectitude to appear electable in the City , Labour had either to trim its sails to an economic situation it assured us was dire — thereby undermining the main reason why people supported them — or hold to its promises , confirming the impression that , once the party was in power , taxation and spending would soar . |
| 4 | The river was white , and on the ferry in mid-stream , it seemed we were adrift in a cloud . |
| 5 | For years it seemed they were common enough to turn the competitive paradigm into something of little practical use . |
| 6 | And it seemed he was intent on driving her crazy . |
| 7 | Perhaps it would be wise to pander a little to his whims since it seemed he was prone to these Viking tendencies . |
| 8 | Hari felt a rush of disappointment , she had expected Lewis to jump at the chance of earning some money but it seemed he was reluctant to take her venture seriously . |
| 9 | This time it seemed I was wrong ; across the next valley was another cliff , except that the sign at the top read ‘ Rapide Descente 500 metres ’ . |
| 10 | To the Germans , however , it seemed she was incapable of further immediate offensives ; so , late in 1915 , General Erich von Falkenhayn felt secure enough to transfer troops and artillery to the Western Front . |
| 11 | And at first it seemed she was lucky . |
| 12 | And he said to me , he 'd marked my , my sum and , and as it happened they was right , all of them . |
| 13 | Every time it happened he was conscious of the audience being captured , ensnared into his world of fairy tales . |
| 14 | After leaving school at sixteen , she went on a government course , painting and decorating , but after it finished she was unemployed . |
| 15 | Where it existed it was characteristic of states which , although they had long and proud cultural traditions , had suffered serious setbacks or for some reason lacked self-confidence . |
| 16 | I did n't like it but I needed the money — the bastard threatened tae evict us from our caravan if I would n't train the lions — and I was scared of Raja and it knew I was scared and I got drunk and drunker and ’ — Paddy held his crutch aloft — ‘ ye see what happened . ’ |
| 17 | When that happened it meant he was drunk , sprawled out on the sofa if he had n't been able to reach the bed . |
| 18 | It meant he was happy in his room at Tirionfa , as it is called , and in any case ‘ home ’ , to Nigel , was always where his bed was . |
| 19 | None the less , this was a significant change from the days of the old CEB , which ( though hedged about by precise legal requirements on matters such as pricing ) had not been subject to government limits on finance ( choosing to raise its fixed-interest capital without government guarantee ) and had ignored ministerial requests when it felt they were unjustified ( being protected against the sanction acquired by the Minister in 1947 : the power of dismissal ) . |
| 20 | The United States was unable to restrain Israel even when it felt it was necessary to do so against Syria in June 1967 and against Lebanon in 1982 . |
| 21 | It said you 're afraid of part of yourself , so you suppress it . |
| 22 | And when it said you were anxious to see me , I 've been waiting ever since . |
| 23 | But it said it was confident of surviving and would seek shareholders ' approval at a meeting on 29 April . |
| 24 | It said it was optimistic Longleat would take action when Lord Bath returns from France . |
| 25 | A spokesperson from Essex County Council said the council was looking into planting trees on the verge but it considered they were likely to be less effective there . |