Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan ( not the United States , as suggested last week ) still boasts the world 's biggest official foreign reserves : at the end of January it had some $79 billion-worth ( including foreign currency , SDRs and its reserve position at the IMF , but excluding gold ) . |
| 2 | Whereas for John the Kingdom came as a threat to a people who were unprepared , for Jesus it represented good news to those who felt unworthy or excluded . |
| 3 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 4 | Performed in Shiraz it aroused enormous anger and offence . |
| 5 | In January it opened 15 centres which will up-date teachers ' skills in maths , science and computer education . |
| 6 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 7 | In traditional aborigine societies in Australia it brought high prestige and power since the elders directed the affairs of the tribe , but in Western societies , the elderly are usually pensioned off and old age assumes a very different meaning . |
| 8 | The US State Department said on Tuesday it suspected Serbian arms destined for Somalia were on the ship which was apparently heading for Kenya . |
| 9 | Virgin 's determined to fight , on Thursday it began legal action here in the United States . |