Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was usually taken , particularly when combined as it often was with the adjective " extraordinary " , as indicating a status superior to that of the resident : it became rapidly in many states during the later seventeenth century the most widely used of all diplomatic titles . |
| 2 | But what it lost in architectural refinement , it made up in staggering scale . |
| 3 | We watched fascinated as it parachuted down in slow descent , tail fanned , wings tilted upwards . |
| 4 | Whilst pursuant to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1988 the burden is now on the landlord to show that it acted reasonably in withholding consent or in imposing conditions upon its consent , the landlord is entitled to require references , accounts and other relevant financial information . |
| 5 | It turned up in lost property . |
| 6 | It said it expects initial products to be high-end servers and so it turned out in most cases . |
| 7 | For me , it began again in one sense , for with our three home-grown children growing up , we adopted another baby . |
| 8 | Last week it broke through in several places , going underground along channels below the cooled crust , to reappear from smaller ‘ ephemeral ’ craters farther down the slopes . |
| 9 | It originated early in this century by crossing Simmentals with the fawn or red dairy-type Fémeline of the Sâone valley ( its name reflects its more refined , ‘ feminine ’ appearance in contrast to the bullish Tourache ) and also with the yellow Bressane of Ain . |
| 10 | It forked off in two directions . |
| 11 | He had hacked at the man 's naked backside until it fell away in bloody pieces ready to be thrown to the dogs . |
| 12 | It took her several seconds to absorb the letter although it did not in any way fill the one sheet of paper . |
| 13 | The fence was erected in order to reinforce a fence which had already been put there by the defendants ' predecessor in title , and it did not in any event enclose the disputed land … |
| 14 | When , in the early 1980s , memory came back into neuroscience fashion again , it did so in new forms . |
| 15 | IBM moved towards sales rather than renting ; it placed greater emphasis on software ; it invested massively in automated factories . |
| 16 | For if that sudden drift of snow in the air a few minutes ago had seemed romantic to the young bride — or the bride 's mother — it had not in any way pleased Cara . |
| 17 | What he saw would n't change Wellington 's thinking : it had n't in fifty years , so why should it now ? |
| 18 | It shot forward in erratic leaps before settling back into its usual roaring rhythm . |