Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] place " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difference with Burton came from the scale on which he did it , the talents he gambled , the colossal winnings , the rupturing losses , the public glare in which increasingly it took place and the undeniable fact that in the middle of this maelstrom was always a quiet , reading man whom Cis would have recognised with relief as the boy sitting beside the fire , buried in a book . |
| 2 | Evolution evidently took place ; how it took place is unclear ; but , since man has language and other creatures do not , man is , after all , for all practical purposes , " a separate creation " . |
| 3 | However it took place , micro-fossils indicate that cells of this complexity first appeared about 1200 million years ago — say early September in the year of life . |
| 4 | Candidates actually attend for an important examination in the afternoon when it took place in the morning ! |
| 5 | People were stopping outside the office where it took place and whispering to each other — someone had even placed a bouquet of flowers at the door that morning . |