Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Suddenly it shortened to half height , less .
2 So it started in that kind of fashion really .
3 For instance , they prohibited HERA from endowing her horse with speech , for they considered this unnatural ; they would also return the sun to its true course , whenever it deviated for any reason .
4 Maladministration took its toll , and fifteen years later it amalgamated with another Hull organisation , the Hull Seamen 's Mutual Association ( 1881 ) to form the Hull Seamen and Marine Firemen 's Mutual Association led by that self same staid and stable personality J.B.Butcher who continued to lead the union until his retirement in 1912 .
5 Now it seemed like another life .
6 But the work also had to contend with three apses , and here it met with less success : in the apse to Orpheus 's right the panel is a poor fit , and throws out the meeting of the guilloche border of the main design with the north-western abutement .
7 Presumably it evolved in these rivers and their tributaries .
8 The last time Hambros was so well placed was in 1986 when it advised on another mega-bid , by Hanson for Imperial Group .
9 Moreover , children gave precedence to the matching rule in situations where it conflicted with another rule .
10 This could be demonstrated explicitly or via an audit report which was exception-based , i.e. it reported on any instances where the law was contravened .
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