Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [adv prt] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he pulled away , the leaves on the trees shuddered and the rain began to fall so hard that it jumped back off the tarmac , turned to mist . |
| 2 | He could smile to order or smile for real , with real pleasure , and it came out just the same , it came out so beautiful that you were sure not to notice the difference . |
| 3 | As long ago as 1975 a Home Office White Paper ‘ Computers and Privacy ’ said , unambiguously , that ‘ the time has come when those who use computers to handle personal information , however responsible they are , can no longer remain the sole judges of whether their own systems adequately safeguard privacy ’ , and it set out clearly the special features of computerised information systems which had implications for privacy . |
| 4 | It was also useless to pretend that corruption at elections was one-sided ; the scale was far smaller than thirty years earlier , but it went on just the same in both parties . |
| 5 | Overnight , the fighting calmed down a little but it picked up again the next morning and raged on throughout the day . |