Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] it [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stirling remained a favourite with several monarchs : James II was born there , James III preferred it to other residences , James IV added to it , and James V transformed the interior into a Renaissance palace after his marriage to Mary of Guise . |
| 2 | With the exception of Sandy Lyle and Colin Montgomerie , the other five still all made it with varying degrees of comfort into the final 36 holes . |
| 3 | Not all approached it with such seriousness . |
| 4 | For a long time Laura had nurtured this dream , but Bernard well knew that selling products in your own shop at the same time as supplying other retailers was a risky undertaking ; the latter regarded it as unfair competition . |
| 5 | They all took it for white wine and discovered their mistake . |
| 6 | There was a marketing push in December that took it to third spot but by January the Escort was back to fifth position , behind even the aged Vauxhall Astra . |
| 7 | I think that to be a loner and a writer is hell enough , but many would instantly tell me how horrendous it is to work in a factory — 1 did it for three months and loathed it — or to go to their office and stop from biting their nails when their boss has to score petty points off them . |
| 8 | Anglo 's purchase of Coalite in 1989 left it with total debts of £467 million . |