Example sentences of "it [vb past] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grapes it produced were small and hard , inedible . |
| 2 | The difference it made was internal . |
| 3 | OK , it 's maybe a little quiet , but there are ways of getting around that if you are a strong player , but I felt that the atmosphere which it created was unique . |
| 4 | Sir , when did it stopped being compulsory for you to have a tetanus jab ? |
| 5 | It was n't intended as a writing implement , and the shapes it drew were angular and hard to read . |
| 6 | Damage is recoverable provided the type of damage and the way it occurred were predictable . |
| 7 | Thus in 1969 the Lords rejected a bill that sought to free the Home Secretary from a legal obligation to present to Parliament the report of a commission that had reviewed parliamentary constituencies : the more equitable redistribution of seats it proposed was likely to cost the Labour Government up to twenty seats at the forthcoming general election . |
| 8 | The government also tried to secure the removal from Punjab of four senior civil servants and police officers who it believed were strong supporters of Sharif . |
| 9 | The South African government was reported to be implementing a policy of privatization , in combination with deregulation , which it believed was vital to achieve improved economic performance . |
| 10 | Whether the attention it received was due to its classic looks or the fast drying coating of mud which reached on to the roof was difficult to judge , though I suspect , it was the butch overcoat which caught so many eyes . |
| 11 | and then erm , we drove , er then we walked through this park , which was lovely , it had squirrels running all round the place and pigeons and everything , it was gorgeous , and , and because it , it 'd been such a gorgeous day , it 's just that my fucking nose is cold . |
| 12 | by time I 'd of got to Stainforth , it 'd been nine o'clock ready for |
| 13 | Erm I just wonder whether it might not have been better to move round a little bit to the left so we could have seen the lady 's hand and sa as well er er and as well as her face , you know , we 've got ta get we can see what she 's doing , know what she 's doing but it 'd been nice if you could have included her hands . |
| 14 | Yeah well I would of thought it 'd been nice , been nice to have |
| 15 | Mark David well it could of been Mark Andrew and then it 'd been Mat at least your name , your initials do n't spell any thing rude |
| 16 | yeah I know , actually if it 'd been different equipment I would have cancelled it and said oh sod it , but it 's not , it 's same equipment , so you might as well wait for it |
| 17 | Police in Cambridge said that the explosion was minor , adding : ‘ To say it exploded is correct but putting it strongly — it apparently fizzed . ’ |
| 18 | The very idea of this lot going back whence it came was ridiculous and the impression was reinforced as I began to push . |
| 19 | His voice when it came was flat ; clear but emotionless . |
| 20 | The drink when it came was hot milk laced with whisky , and Robbie pulled a wry face . |
| 21 | QUITE HOW it happened is open to public conjecture , but from being ‘ just another band ’ a few milliseconds back , the sumptuous , swaggering pearls of suave currently referred to as Suede today find themselves the red-hottest property on a lukewarm market . |
| 22 | ( In June 1989 the PDS had declared a boycott of the Assembly in protest at what it claimed was insufficient opposition access to the media . ) |
| 23 | The USA had threatened on Oct. 11 to take the EC to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) over the issue , which it claimed was protectionist . |
| 24 | The house it penned was old and brown with a porch that gave it a sort of potbelly . |
| 25 | Finding it existed was enough of a shock . ’ |
| 26 | The second great European blood-letting produced no such peace movement , and the lessons it taught were those of militarism , not of pacifism . |
| 27 | Shareholders might wonder why the directors built up a holding of 700 properties when all it needed was another 20 properties of the investment calibre of Oldham 's . |
| 28 | All it needed was some heat . |
| 29 | What it implied was that BA has not exactly been covering itself with glory in its propaganda war with Virgin — and would do well to change tactics . |
| 30 | The shadow was in the form of a vast spaceship resting near ours , and the last thing it looked was shadowy . |