Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German planes reached it seconds before the SEs . |
| 2 | Three years ago , newly-qualified chartered accountants had it made . |
| 3 | The repetitive , uniform appearance of the soldier-like trees made it seem as if the car was scarcely moving , and their silent , gloomy shade gradually eased the tension created inside the Citron by the earlier near-accident . |
| 4 | In a statement , British Airways said it believed that the finance for the deal would be raised in the near future , but that its £320m fund raising issue would go ahead regardless . |
| 5 | Later , British Airways said it regretted the breakdown of talks . |
| 6 | What is then vividly revealed is that British industry 's inability to match the pace of competition in foreign markets forced it to rely proportionately more on the home market but , in turn , it failed to hold its position . |
| 7 | He admitted fondling his ex-girlfriend 's daughter , but Social services assumed it had accurred 5 years before and his own children were n't in danger . |
| 8 | The papacy 's moral powers enabled it to look for money throughout the western world . |
| 9 | Punk rock was over by then anyway ( real punks claimed it finished in 1976 , but who were the ‘ real ’ punks ? ) and in its place there was an orgy of cross-cultural pollination , based entirely upon received ideas . |
| 10 | National Clamps said it had since sacked an operator . |
| 11 | National Clamps said it had sacked an operator over the incident . |
| 12 | Housebuilder Y J Lovell slipped ½p to 10p after exceptional charges sent it plunging to a £12.2m loss . |
| 13 | Images of food drew it onwards to the tall , detached house at the end of the street ; thoughts of petting and cuddling from its playful , pleasant owners made it scamper through the shadows . |
| 14 | Loyalty to the group 's famous brands helped it to boost pretax profits by 13.2pc last year to £316.4m from £279.6m in 1990 , although sales grew by just 2.7pc . |
| 15 | What negative beliefs did it reinforce ? |
| 16 | Belgian police said it belonged to Joahanna Van Der Mast and disappeared in 1988 from the village of Lanaken . |
| 17 | The United Nations said it had arranged a ceasefire between the government and Unita on Sunday night , but it was largely ignored . |
| 18 | Only in a few cosmetic details did it owe anything to French or other West European influences . |
| 19 | Ancient Greek women used it to dilate their pupils … hence , ‘ belladonna ’ … |
| 20 | From the small number of neonatal stomachs examined it seems that the distribution of parietal cells remains constant after birth , and so it appears reasonable to assume that a definite change in distribution of parietal cells must occur during the third trimester . |
| 21 | The loco remained in service until 1947 but those final years saw it take on a neglected appearance but it remained at Gorton intact until 1950 . |
| 22 | Economic analysts saw it coming . |
| 23 | The Christian Democrats used it to win the votes of farmers . |