Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] it [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact that it was profoundly a work of synthesis was obviously much less important at first , and may even seem not very important now , as one settles down to enjoy it for the first or umpteenth time . |
| 2 | IN A POEM called History Peter Porter piles a number of state crimes — reminiscent of those attributed to the Stasi — on top of one another in a seemingly solid pillar of evidence , only to explode it in the last line with the simple but logical detonation : ‘ Their story will not be told . ’ |
| 3 | Their marriage had been under strain for some years and they had never been brave enough to admit it to a third party . |
| 4 | Still he was n't surprised at all at my giggles when I dragged myself back to view it for a second time . |
| 5 | Two women who were late for the bus at one castle were left behind to follow it to the next by taxi . |
| 6 | The only sensible course was never to start it in the first place . |