Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun pl] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . ) |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | On Tuesday night last the ‘ Dream Team ’ were trying to make it three wins in a row . |
| 7 | Can Nigel Mansell in the Williams car from Didcot make it three victories in a row ? |
| 8 | Ephron picks up Abraham 's ‘ give ’ and uses it three times in his opening offer . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And of course , it all ends in copious tears . |
| 13 | But it 's not so bad — it all ends in triumph ! |
| 14 | Sleepless in Scotland she had walked it many times in her mind . |
| 15 | ‘ Opinion polls may or may not turn out to be right at a later stage ’ ; ‘ Local authorities exceeded projected expenditure by quite a margin ’ ; ‘ When this campaign started some weeks ago ’ ; ‘ I concede the point , for I have stated it many times in the past . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But I have gone over it many times in my mind about why we lost so heavily in India and one of the main reasons for me was that we were not used to playing on turning pitches . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | We could say , we could entitle it industrial relations in Northumberland ? |
| 19 | But Rotherham wo n't be making it five wins in a row . |
| 20 | And , on average , we each do it five times in our life . |
| 21 | last time you 've done it five times in a row . |
| 22 | CLIVE ALLEN sank Birmingham with a double strike to make it five goals in seven days as West Ham triumphed 3–1 at Upton Park . |
| 23 | It did n't win it any friends in the Sun Microsystems Inc camp , where they could stand a few friends . |
| 24 | I practised it enough times in the car coming here , ’ Whitlock replied with a grin . |
| 25 | Flex your wrist up and down , and rotate it several times in both directions . |
| 26 | I ran over it several times in my head afterwards . |
| 27 | Dutifully she and Luke followed Anna and Sam through the house ; they discovered that they had both visited it several times in the past . |
| 28 | As the House knows , because I have said it several times in business questions , my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has said that the establishment of a Northern Ireland Select Committee is best taken forward in the context of the fresh political talks . |
| 29 | If the Operator terminal is in use , the Offline System will try to access it several times in quick succession ; if it remains unavailable the Offline run will not take place and a message reporting the situation will be sent via the mail system to the Offline Manager . |
| 30 | The vacancies came to light as the Department of the Environment announced a reorganisation of Her Majesty 's Inspectorate of Pollution , prior to giving it new powers in the ‘ green ’ Bill . |