Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.

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1 ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . )
2 However , in Peart the accused was not guilty when he obtained a car on the undertaking that he was going to drive it 30 miles in one direction but drove it 100 miles in another .
3 I practised it enough times in the car coming here , ’ Whitlock replied with a grin .
4 Gloucestershire are soldering on without Syd … in the sunday league they made it two wins in a row with a five wicket victory over Lancashire at Old Trafford
5 Moffatt , whose long lay-off was due to a facial injury , made it eight wins in a row ( five inside the distance ) by forcing Dhalie into retirement at the end of the fourth round with a damaged shoulder .
6 Champions Macclesfield made it four wins in a row when they inflicted Bowdon 's first defeat , Australian Darren Berry hammering a quickfire 94 not out .
7 On Saturday , Town made it four wins in a row with a three-two victory at Bournemouth .
8 John Griffin , from St John 's AC in County Kerry and Connie Kelly from Blackrock AC , both made it three wins in a row , clocking 48:17 and 57:32 respectively .
9 Debut winger , Innes Gray , scored two tries in three minutes as Ulster took control in the final quarter , and flanker Kevin McKee made it three tries in five minutes .
10 Tony Jarrett , who grabbed the bronze in Tokyo after Jackson 's late withdrawal , was a smooth-looking second behind America 's Tony Dees , and Hughie Teape made it three Brits in the semis as a fastest loser .
11 This earned it black marks in the eyes of its founder , Beamish , who considered it a decrepit and defunct organization not worthy of his continuing support .
12 What is equally undeniable is Die Auferstehung 's status as a masterwork ( Mozart conducted it three times in 1788 , expressing no small amount of enthusiasm ) , and this recording 's fine presentation of the piece , worthy to stand beside Hermann Max 's [ see my review of JS Bach 's Magnificat below — Ed. ] splendid Capriccio recording ( coupled with .
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