Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] it [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even with a few days ' rehearsal it was an unnerving experience . |
| 2 | Because of the immediate nature of such patients ' problems it is important that whatever form of help is offered should be available without too much delay , and for this reason health-centre-based therapists may be of particular value , as has been shown in the case of psychologists ( Robson et al. 1984 ) and social workers ( Shepherd et al. 1979 ) . |
| 3 | than that dear it 's down the other end , the other side of Old Harlow , but he used to have a surgery there which he , you know , made it better after the erm , to ease up Dr surgery cos that was so packed and the shops were absolutely and you used to have to queue and queue for , to get your shopping , you could n't , I used to cycle into Harlow and leave my cycle somewhere and then go along do my shopping , but it used to be two or three hours ' job it was , you did n't get done till dinner time and then I used to call it a , a lady used to say call there that used to have the fried fish and chip shop on the corner of erm Harlow and I used to go there and have a cup of tea before I came home because I used to be so long shopping you could n't get served you see , it 's too many people , there was nowhere else for them to go , it was only Bishop 's Stortford you had to go |
| 4 | In three years ' time it is likely that everything in the country , including rugby ticket prices , will have escalated by 45 per cent . |
| 5 | Historically , the minimum subscription Association 's affiliated organizations and clubs has been set that twice the personal member 's subscription and after a period of two years ' grace it 's the Council 's wish that this balance is re-established so that the relativity returns to that which existed prior to the increase in subscriptions that was proposed at the A G M in nineteen ninety one . |
| 6 | In the event , the document proved so unacceptable that after two days ' debate it was sent back for thorough revision . |
| 7 | In both characters ' lives it was mainly men who had oppressed them , for Phyllisia it was her father who preferred her sister , Ruby . |