Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision we made was careful , it involved us in much work , and it was , in the event , I think , a seriously mistaken decision . |
| 2 | She would make Hari Morgan interested in her scheme for an emporium however much it cost her in lost pride for in . |
| 3 | It did not , however , initiate the longer-term processes discussed above , although it affected them in different ways — contributing to the globalization of liberal political ideas and economic policies , posing new challenges to the European integration process as the East European states seek to participate therein , and stimulating the process of fragmentation . |
| 4 | It engulfed her in successive waves , each one stronger than the last , and then it was one long pain , tearing at her guts . |
| 5 | But it hurt him in some way to admit that one of his key men came from the wrong end of the Bible , so to speak . |
| 6 | It stood her in good stead when it came to the areas of change which are always necessary in an organisation approaching its centenary . |
| 7 | James had armed himself with the sword of Robert the Bruce , but it stood him in poor stead . |
| 8 | It stood them in good stead again in 1976 when drought caused many villages to be supplied with stand pipes . |
| 9 | At least it stood us in good stead for Tuesday night 's game at Scrimley Arsenal , where we came away with a very creditable 2–4 defeat . |
| 10 | He found the experience of working in a wide variety of company departments invaluable and believes it held him in good stead when he reached the higher echelons of management . |