Example sentences of "[adj] it [vb past] [adv] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Still , I 'm sure it brought out hidden strengths you never knew you had . ’ |
2 | This monster had eight heads and eight tails and was so long it stretched over eight hills and eight valleys . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | It seems that the centre flourished and that by the early 1980s it had over 300 pupils and 31 part-time teachers . |