Example sentences of "[prep] it [vb past] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of it removed the nagging misery from her mind , the horror at the thought of Eleanor Thorne , sweet-natured as she was , being consigned to a mental hospital for geriatrics , to a public ward in a public bed , her possessions named with white tapes , her false teeth removed , her talk and actions , perhaps even her death , made common property . |
| 2 | Behind it lay the Anglo-American fusion that had powered the paper in 1966 and through the first eighteen months . |
| 3 | Behind it stood the international gold standard . |
| 4 | With the growth in industry there was also a significant development of trade , particularly in the early Tudor period , and with it came the increasing dominance of London in the English economy . |
| 5 | With it came the first episode of Merseyside 's very own soap Brookside . |
| 6 | Hahnemann disagreed with this opinion and as a result of self-experimentation with it rediscovered the forgotten principle of treatment by similars . |
| 7 | It was a momentary thought , quickly dispelled when Sara took Hartley in her arms ; but from it crystallized the firm decision that both Hartley and any other children they might have should be spared a city childhood , and be ‘ bred up from earliest infancy in the simplicity of peasants , their food , dress , and habits completely rustic ’ . |
| 8 | Thunder and lightning cracked and roared outside like some electric avalanche — and following immediately upon it came the enraged roaring of Something from Hell . |
| 9 | Beyond it lay the tiny garden , the lawn neatly trimmed , delphinia and gladioli , irises and hemerocallis in bloom in the dark earth borders . |
| 10 | Beyond it flowed the heavy mainstream , with small eddies curling along and through the wire on the surface . |
| 11 | Beyond it stood the young squire who brought him , the smoking tube in his hand , his face stamped with rage and with loathing . |
| 12 | One diplomat observed : ‘ The national colloquium and the discussions leading up to it gave the lower ranking researcher better status , and a feeling of more involvement in his work . ’ |
| 13 | On it lay the Vietnamese manservant , moaning quietly and holding a surgical dressing to his thigh . |
| 14 | There were screens around her bed , and beside it sat the young Sub-lieutenant , almost as motionless as the form under the sheets , staring earnestly at the bandaged head and the small white face . |
| 15 | And often we would lie together in the sun after a bathe , and kiss and caress each other , and it was a dear , familiar pleasure , associated in my mind and body with safety and mutual delight and no demands made ; his hands were wondering and tender , and his face when I opened my eyes to look at it had the extraordinary beauty it used to have when I had given him even this limited sensual happiness . |