Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] to [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One limitation of the book is that it related to UK names only . |
| 2 | The Buddhist press paid more attention to gambling and drunkenness than it did to cattle stealing , presumably because most newspaper correspondents lived in towns , where cattle stealing was a relatively infrequent occurrence . |
| 3 | The third requirement grew out of this — namely , as America became more involved in this conflict , so it looked to Britain to send at least a token force to assist in the war in Vietnam , or failing that to give strong diplomatic backing to the United States . |
| 4 | ‘ In those days the boys went into the church , the army , and so on down the family , and it fell to Charlie to go to the colonies . |
| 5 | However the good financial years had ended , and it fell to Franklin to break the bad news that Blackpool 's trams and buses would actually make a loss in 1954–5 . |
| 6 | When it fell to Dukes to introduce the second stage of the Bill empowering the referendum , he was forced to address himself specifically to the bishops ' arguments in their letter ( text , Irish Times , 15 May 1986 ) . |
| 7 | Now when it came to Paradise Lost , this tension , which is simply excluded from Il Penseroso , is actually inserted into the poem . |
| 8 | Until recently , 1p coins topped the league when it came to money lost in or near telephone boxes . |