Example sentences of "[adj] it [vb past] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It had become a sort of one-off adventurer and then after '79 it took on another role again . |
| 2 | ‘ Still , I 'm sure it brought out hidden strengths you never knew you had . ’ |
| 3 | This monster had eight heads and eight tails and was so long it stretched over eight hills and eight valleys . |
| 4 | It kept the Navigation Acts up to date , but under Walpole 's premiership in the 1720s and 1730s it passed so little legislation of any general application even within Britain that it was quite natural for it to do nothing about the colonies . |
| 5 | In 1882 the Society for Psychical Research was founded ; at first it contained both convinced spiritualists and sober enquirers like Sidgwick , but soon the spiritualists left . |
| 6 | Today , I 'm sorry it turned out that way . |
| 7 | In 1986 it employed about 11,500 workers , and a year later , when its affairs were the subject of wide comment in the press , it was said to be employing 13,000 , or even 14,000 , workers . |
| 8 | It seems that the centre flourished and that by the early 1980s it had over 300 pupils and 31 part-time teachers . |