Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] it [vb infin] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only gradually did it dawn on those responsible that vigorous and determined nationalist organizations had grown up in the shadow of the Japanese , that these movements had flourished exceedingly in the vacuum left by the collapse of Japanese power , and that if the colonial regimes were to be reconstituted it could only be by force . |
| 2 | Ha ha ha ha how did it come about that you were on you were on one side very firmly and the employers were on the other side very firmly and sides had been had been drawn up ? |
| 3 | Why did it bother at all ? |
| 4 | The question becomes ; why did it take so long , not why did it happen at all . |
| 5 | People never used to , years ago , why did it happen like that now ? |