Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] at [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The story of the railways is intimately tied up with the wider saga of the industrialization of Europe , and it proceeded at a different rate in each country . |
| 2 | The conference theme was ‘ From a socialist to a market-oriented society ’ and it looked at the growing opportunities for women within the new social structures . |
| 3 | I knew a putt would have to drop before long and it came at the 8th , the par-3 ( 178 yards ) . |
| 4 | And it sat at the other side of the gate |
| 5 | This bias was particularly strong during our Pre-Campaign Wave in March when Prime Minister Thatcher visited Moscow but it continued at a reduced level throughout the final campaign . |
| 6 | With a little moan of fear she scrambled out of the car and raced to the house to hammer on the door , but it opened at the first blow from her fist . |
| 7 | Before it arrived at the Bate Collection , all that was known about the William Smith harpsichord ( illus.1 ) was to be found in a brief summary in Boalch 's Makers of the harpsichord and clavichord . |
| 8 | This modified technique , involving the measuring of reaction time to clicks , was used by Holmes and Forster ( 1970 ) who showed that subjects were able to detect the presence of a click more rapidly when it occurred at a major constituent boundary than when it did not . |
| 9 | ‘ Do n't you think it 's surprising that she could n't recall delivering twins for Lilian , when it happened at the same time as Donna , almost ? |
| 10 | When it arrived at the Bate Collection the instrument was found to be basically well cared for . |
| 11 | Rain swilled and foamed in its open mouth as it looked at the churning black clouds and the eruptions of fractured lightning . |
| 12 | They found that £15 or £20 a week went as far in an erstwhile fishing village on Spain 's Costa Brava as it did at an English seaside hotel or holiday camp , with cheap wine and reliable sunshine thrown in . |
| 13 | It chewed the bloody snow , gulped the entrails and the gore , growled in its throat as it worked at the tough tissues . |
| 14 | I enclose a photograph of the display as it appeared at the National Library of Scotland ; obviously the cases are not part of the touring display . |