Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because it eventually went it a high court you remember . |
| 2 | It only took us a few seconds to realize the mistake but by then twenty-eight kids and three of the missionaries were either dead or dying . |
| 3 | It just took us a long time . ’ |
| 4 | Oh it just gave us a nice thing saying I 've fixed your mouse , thank you very much . |
| 5 | I walked fast — my feet stood up to it very well , I 'd been sensible and worn my trainers not my nice stiletto wobblers , but it still took me a fair old time to get to somewhere possible . |
| 6 | It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring . |
| 7 | If luck was kind to Alan Rough it also paid him a monstrous disservice . |
| 8 | I , I , it probably gave us a good grounding . |