Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | That helped a bit did it ? |
| 2 | Did it throw you a bit did it ? |
| 3 | What a ghost made it ? |
| 4 | Nevertheless , the resolution might still have won a majority had it not been for the stolen goods in the outhouse . |
| 5 | Our opinion survey in Chapter 6 showed that most voters felt television news on both networks was unbiased ; but amongst the minority who felt it was biased a majority thought it was biased towards the Conservatives and against both Labour and the Alliance . |
| 6 | A vet described it as the worse case of neglect he 'd ever seen . |
| 7 | On returning to the surface , he carelessly looked away from where he had placed the briar and a snake ate it , whole . |
| 8 | The firm has been campaigning since November 1991 to receive results at the same time as the Japanese press — a privilege denied it because it is not a member of the Tokyo Stock Exchange press club , where securities companies post earnings announcements in members ' pigeon-holes . |
| 9 | NOW that Lennox Lewis has earned a world-title shot it 's interesting to see so many people who previously dubbed him a Canadian imposter jumping on the Brit-for-Champ bandwagon . |
| 10 | A herb will protect them , says the disguised angel to the brothers ; a shepherd gave it to him : |
| 11 | A Brazilian said it reminded him of London during the Falklands war . |
| 12 | In addition GDR citizenship would only be lost if a citizen renounced it . |
| 13 | How do you know a car killed it ? |
| 14 | If a sector collapsed it would be likely to take ‘ its region ’ with it . |
| 15 | Er a lady fetched it er for us to do and she comes back next week for it , just to put it on when anybody 's in , just a conversation , for new words for a dictionary or something |
| 16 | ‘ There could be literally a multitude of quite proper reasons why a child decided it no longer wanted to live with its parents . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ He 'll only think a weasel got it , ’ said Lydia . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | He was the first to concede that on occasions a judge got it wrong to the extent that a sentence was passed which was wholly unacceptable . |
| 20 | A judge said it is the duty of the courts to support any attempts being made to prevent crimes of that nature . |
| 21 | A judge said it would be a ‘ bit bleak ’ if the authorities could not stop pornography coming into the country but agreed there was an arguable case for judicial review . |
| 22 | Or a bomb blew it off . ’ |
| 23 | The chief inspector listened to his breathing and for a moment found it difficult to separate it from her own rasping pant . |
| 24 | Slowly she drained her glass and for a moment held it in front of her , staring at and smoothing the condensation away with her thumb . |
| 25 | So actually seeing though first time , how much of a shock did it come to you , or was it just or was it expected ? |
| 26 | Certainly , we might be justified in assuming that whatever kind of superego a person had it might have some controlling , drive-inhibiting aspects , and consequently that anarchy , which is equivalent to a more or less complete absence of controls , is an unlikely outcome . |
| 27 | What sort of a person did it make Alain when he would behave like that because he had suffered a frustrating evening . |
| 28 | A mule began to bray in alarm and a Myrcan struck it at once with his staff until it fell silent , blood oozing from its nose . |
| 29 | The window broke because a ball hit it . |
| 30 | A post-mortem revealed it had bled to death after being slashed on the udder with a sharp instrument , severing a main artery . |