Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [vb pp] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now you said that you 'd actually presented it in another way and were just , and , and had just changed it . |
| 2 | Tony 's GP had prescribed the medication for his sleeping difficulties , but he had only taken it on two occasions , finding the tablets to be of little help . |
| 3 | I had been four years at an evangelical theological college but no one had ever put it like that to me . |
| 4 | Moreover , this particular photograph had been brought to the lab only that day , and no one had ever coupled it with any sort of training . |
| 5 | Back in the hall he pushed the thermostat up to seventy-five degrees ; he doubted if his mother had ever set it above sixty . |
| 6 | All understanding is guided by the Holy Spirit , whose manifold activity is emphasized ( whereas the first draft had practically restricted it to biblical inspiration ) . |
| 7 | The railway police and station staff were always telling them that but they had never had it from fellow buskers before . |