Example sentences of "[adj] [vb past] it [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This put it some way below soccer hooliganism , which 75 per cent thought was wrong , and the use of soft drugs such as cannabis ( 60 per cent ) . |
| 2 | Marketing dogma of old had it that car buyers do n't want to hear about car safety , preferring not to dwell on the possibility of being killed or injured on the road . |
| 3 | At best , it could be agreed that some people defined the national interest one way and some defined it another way , and each side was equally well-meaning ; only some had pushed their patriotism beyond the law , so keen were they , while others had stopped and thought . |
| 4 | Taff 's first remark was ‘ I wonder how many copped it last night , Piper ? ’ |
| 5 | The sudden increase in unemployment after 1930 gave it further importance . |
| 6 | Although there had been some good reports from other growers we were not happy with crop or , particularly , flavour when we first grew it last year — 1990 . |