Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A Brazilian said it reminded him of London during the Falklands war . |
| 2 | FOR THE International Rugby Board and its member nations , the solution of the South African ‘ problem ’ would have been a godsend had it happened either before , during or immediately after the recent Rugby World Cup . |
| 3 | So actually seeing though first time , how much of a shock did it come to you , or was it just or was it expected ? |
| 4 | What sort of a person did it make Alain when he would behave like that because he had suffered a frustrating evening . |
| 5 | A post-mortem revealed it had bled to death after being slashed on the udder with a sharp instrument , severing a main artery . |
| 6 | One of the giving-out-food humans was pulling trays off a shelf when a movement made it look up . |
| 7 | The ringing seemed to go on and on and when at last a voice answered it took Jinny by surprise . |
| 8 | A spokesman said it appeared the Escort XR3i collided with parked vehicles at 9pm on Monday and the driver then abandoned the car . |
| 9 | A spokesman claimed it did not even have a record of the name of the hero pilot or a list of the passengers . |
| 10 | What annoys him is people who say Moliere is not funny : ‘ I do n't read reviews although I understand we have done extremely well , but a couple thought it has to be very serious . |
| 11 | When it finds a label declared it generates a BBCBASIC(Z80) variable with that name and loads it with the current value of the program counter ( P% ) . |
| 12 | When Gary Mackay scored that legendary goal for Scotland against Bulgaria , how big of an inroad did it make into the Republic 's capital of Jammy Breaks ? |