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

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1 As it went down it tripped two levers or weighbridges which by means of linkwork connections released a gate at the top of the wheel so as to let it move on by just one scoop .
2 From then on it became big game and for fifty years the only ones to leave China were dead .
3 There it affected many trees and shrubs , including the valuable timber tree Ougenia oojeinensis .
4 The exposed skin was flushed and glowing ; here and there it resembled tanned leather and , in some cases , it looked as if it had split and healed , and split again .
5 The outbreak of war with Spain soon removed even the façade of trade as its main purpose , yet it had royal support and between two and three thousand shareholders .
6 We continued with our three-man tent , a Phoenix Phor-3 , and I must say , the extra space was much appreciated on several occasions , not least on 6 August when it snowed all day and I thrashed Pete at cards .
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