Example sentences of "[vb past] it in an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall return to the second part of the old horseman 's description : here it is necessary to emphasize that he used it in an exceptional way . |
| 2 | I found it in an unexpected place . |
| 3 | There were significant differences , for the factory system not only took child labour outside of the home , it placed it in an inferior overall environment . |
| 4 | I write in the past tense because I lost it in an arctic spell of weather and for some inexplicable reason have yet to replace it . |
| 5 | McFarlane won it in an extraordinary 10.08 seconds , gale assisted . |
| 6 | Occasionally he retaliated with his own efforts about the relative sweetness of something his guest had brought , but he usually said it in an unconvinced , muddled way . |