Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , Benelux did advance further than other proposals for economic union , such as that toyed at in 1945 and again in 1948 by France and Italy , and perhaps it offered valuable lessons that could be learnt by future attempts in the same direction .
2 Frustratingly , however , the IPG was unable to view these publications in advance and so it had little idea as to how useful they would be .
3 There it affected many trees and shrubs , including the valuable timber tree Ougenia oojeinensis .
4 The exposed skin was flushed and glowing ; here and there it resembled tanned leather and , in some cases , it looked as if it had split and healed , and split again .
5 The outbreak of war with Spain soon removed even the façade of trade as its main purpose , yet it had royal support and between two and three thousand shareholders .
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