Example sentences of "[noun prp] it [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Imperial Airways ground staff at Karachi assisted with the repair of the Croydon , but without the facilities available in England it still took several weeks .
2 On the Rio Negro in Amazonia it apparently takes 80 years to reach half the mature biomass , suggesting that a return to forest is possible .
3 When the new Republic formally came into being in September it indeed had many difficulties to overcome .
4 Although the importance of the hymen may have dwindled in western society , in the Middle East and Japan it still carries tremendous significance .
5 After the breakthrough with Chaman it still took two months of regular visits with Zakir before I got to know the other eunuchs properly .
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