Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Wherever it has been tried it has manifestly failed either to produce prosperity or to protect human rights .
2 It had n't taken long to make a fool of herself .
3 It had n't taken long to determine that the plane had been sabotaged .
4 It had n't got long to go , this ox , ’ she commented .
5 The small pain which had been inflicted upon it had only served somehow to make it stronger .
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