Example sentences of "[adv] they [vb past] it [prep] a " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps they saw it as a last call for help to come to a failing Britain . |
2 | remains something of a mystery , but perhaps they took it as a reference to our well-known problems with fractured sewer pipes and the directive from Europe . |
3 | Quickly they built it into a pyramid over the torch . |
4 | Perhaps then they heated it in an oven , or on a hot griddle ? ) |
5 | It might have been oh so different had Northern Ireland capitalised on that early lead but instead they treated it like a hot potato and the two points were not safe until the Finish referee heralded it the Finish of the game . |
6 | In searching for an effective way of restraining wider areas , the German traffic planners again looked abroad for inspiration and again they found it in a near-neighbour . |