Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] it [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only 40% thought that there will be a united Ireland one day but few expected it in the short term — 16% expected it to come about in 25 years , 13% in 50 years and 11% in 100 years . |
| 2 | The English used it as a convenient base for raids into the Scots East and Middle Marches , and as a permanent threat , its strong position on the rocky spine at the junction of the two rivers making it a very difficult nut to crack . |
| 3 | While some described it as an important strengthening of the rights of children , others saw it as a willingness to overturn natural family links in order to pander to a child 's desire to acquire richer parents . |
| 4 | Some took it as a great laugh ; others as a brave attempt to champion a little-known music ; and others just hated it . |
| 5 | The castle changed hands many times during the Scottish Wars of Independence and remained a thorn in the crown until James V sacked it in the sixteenth century ; but before the level of the loch was raised in the 1930s , |
| 6 | this morning when , where we all watched it for the first time together and as , as Richard said you know , I 'm , I 'm squeamish about going to the dentist , so , and it cos er , it 's basically there 's a scene in the bar where they 're pulling this guy 's tooth out |
| 7 | The whole incident had been exaggerated with talk of a threat to the institutions of government , and many saw it as a further example of the insensitivity of the Republican administration to the human sufferings of the period . |
| 8 | Many saw it as an ideal opportunity for the Prince and Princess to put on a united front , quashing speculation over their marriage . |
| 9 | United won it in the second half . |
| 10 | Both could have done with outboard motors , since neither managed it into the top eight . |
| 11 | The Templars first built it as a fortified manor but later generations had embellished it to make it more comfortable . |
| 12 | INGLEBOROUGH HAS BEEN a favourite mountain of mine ever since I first climbed it as a young man . |