Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somehow it seemed safer that way . ’ |
| 2 | ON reporting to Chantilly on the morning of February 25th , Pétain and Serrigny found that ‘ the panic was at its peak ’ The fall of Verdun was expected momentarily , ‘ and everybody was saying that General Herr should be shot ’ Somehow it leaked out that Pétain had come from Paris , not Noailles , and the word was quickly passed round by those veterans of intrigue that he had first been to see the Minister of War , Galliéni , the implacable foe of G.Q.G. Doubtless the rumour helped augment the alarm in the air . |
| 3 | that is how it seemed earlier this week , as people began making educated guesses about the outcome of the weekend 's referendum . |
| 4 | Indeed it made very few references to the Mediterranean initiative unlike the heavy coverage of the Soviet scheme to neutralise the Persian Gulf . |
| 5 | She re-read the previous page , but by the time she 'd got to the bottom again it made as little sense as it had the first time . |
| 6 | Oh that 's why it had so much impact , because it really was different on that . |
| 7 | In fact it is more of a puzzle to work out why it took so many decades to become established ( Hatton 1986 ) . |
| 8 | It 's quite rare , which is why it made so much publicity . |