Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Japan ( not the United States , as suggested last week ) still boasts the world 's biggest official foreign reserves : at the end of January it had some $79 billion-worth ( including foreign currency , SDRs and its reserve position at the IMF , but excluding gold ) . |
| 2 | As Selwyn had been founded to commemorate the great Bishop of Melanesia it seemed appropriate that the college should make Melanesia its special interest and perhaps in time raise enough money to pay one of its own men to go out and serve as priest and educationist in that diocese of so many islands . |
| 3 | On the seventh of June it took this long to get to . |
| 4 | Whereas for John the Kingdom came as a threat to a people who were unprepared , for Jesus it represented good news to those who felt unworthy or excluded . |
| 5 | Though his union did not entirely disappear in Hull it took many years to recover . |
| 6 | Performed in Shiraz it aroused enormous anger and offence . |
| 7 | in Hungary it produced one of the performances , completing five laps in pre-qualifying , the best of which was 23.5secs slower than Thierry Boutsen 's pole winning time . |
| 8 | In December it put another million into the Univel Inc joint venture with Novell Inc , where it has a 45% ownership interest , and committed itself to providing another $4m to fund on-going operations . |
| 9 | In January it opened 15 centres which will up-date teachers ' skills in maths , science and computer education . |
| 10 | Swindon Town are back on the league treadmill at Grimsby tomorrow when the two teams met at the County Ground in November it finished 1-1 . |
| 11 | In China it took many years for the railway to broach the capital . |
| 12 | Even in August it looked cold . |
| 13 | In traditional aborigine societies in Australia it brought high prestige and power since the elders directed the affairs of the tribe , but in Western societies , the elderly are usually pensioned off and old age assumes a very different meaning . |
| 14 | Zambia achieved political independence without a prolonged conflict , but in Zimbabwe it took more than a decade of military and political struggle to overthrow white minority rule . |
| 15 | When the boy was brought before Vortigern it became apparent that he had very special powers . |
| 16 | When the inquiry went to Cardiff it did more than cross the Severn Bridge . |
| 17 | The US State Department said on Tuesday it suspected Serbian arms destined for Somalia were on the ship which was apparently heading for Kenya . |
| 18 | To Lucy it looked drab and overdone , lined with cars bumper-to-bumper like every other London street that she 'd seen since she arrived . |
| 19 | When the Emperor Khai Dinh offered his slim , feminine hand to Joseph it felt limp and damp , and although the American boy murmured his farewell politely in French , the sovereign did n't raise his head to look at him . |
| 20 | No , I think it 's a brown one according to Mary it looked brown it brown one not so bad , I mean if it was erm if it was a grey one would of been a sewer rat ! |
| 21 | Although Preston still referred to it privately as the God slot , as he had indicated to Kate it made little or no reference to the Almighty . |
| 22 | Virgin 's determined to fight , on Thursday it began legal action here in the United States . |