Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] it [vb past] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary .
2 Those disciples , they had the storm stilled for them and it got easier sailing .
3 He learned to use his charm , and ‘ it became ’ , his biographer says , ‘ so strong a factor in him that it resembled great beauty in a woman ’ .
4 Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple .
5 A fist flew towards him on the screen , filled it as it made apparent impact and then vanished away .
6 She heard a car go up the road and then still heard it as it travelled some way along the road at the top , and realised the wind must be coming from the south for the sound to come to her so distinctly .
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