Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But people do live there , though when I moved in it became clear that a third of the flats were empty . |
| 2 | To those observers looking on it seemed hard to believe that the average IQ of the room 's inhabitants was 149 , and that they had more honours between them than a collection of top class civil servants — and to think that they had been reduced to such a pitiful state as this . |
| 3 | But branches need a facility , it 's not about in-fighting , it 's about something that actually happened within my branch , I 'd like to add that we won the appeal , when the branch went through it raised two questions , we won one , we lost one . |
| 4 | Hugh , who had worn the uniform of a verderer for less than a twelvemonth , was no use to them as a guide and as the day grew on it became evident that his arm was causing him a great deal of pain . |
| 5 | The tap could be regulated so that the water flowing from it filled another tank in exactly twenty-four hours , while raising a float inside the tank a fixed distance . |
| 6 | Just thinking about it aroused such passion in him it was scary : $75 million from the bank , $25 million from Antonio , and he , Stephen Reece-Carlton , could develop his own small island in the Bahamas , with a marina , golf course and casino . |
| 7 | In Ghana 46% of the population are under sixteen years of age which brings with it associated social problems . |