Example sentences of "in [adj] [adj] [noun sg] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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1 | If the abbey was a marvel of man 's work , the Tor was God 's answer for in that flat land it looked like one of the high places mentioned in the bible where the ancient patriarchs went to talk to Yahweh . |
2 | And in that little book it said , If the firm provided space for bicycles or what have you they were responsible for them . |
3 | A part of her did n't want to ; in some strange way it meant severing her links with Chris . |
4 | They passed a few farms , and Lucy tried to control her nervousness by gazing at the lonely homesteads , but in some strange way it conveyed itself to Silas . |
5 | The dish contained something shiny and wobbly and pink with a cherry on it , and in some strange way it managed to look like something you would n't eat even if it was pushed on to your plate after a week 's starvation diet . |
6 | This feeling was quite different ; in some strange way it seemed to reach into her very soul . |
7 | In his face there was a hard , uncompromising certainty about things ; in some strange way it reminded Lehmann of Berdichev . |
8 | In some strange way it helped to even the score over Elise . |
9 | In some extraordinary way it seemed hotter now than at midday when the blistering sun was overhead ; such faint breeze as there might be from the water seemed to fall utterly it this turn of the tide . |
10 | in big red writing it said snacks , and one er , I could n't make out what |