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

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1 Soon it became clear that Sarah was seriously ill with rheumatic fever and would not be able to work for some time , and another girl , Hetty , was engaged temporarily .
2 Thus it became certain that Rennenkampf could not , for at least two , possibly three , days , come to Samsonov 's aid and that the entire German Eastern Group could , therefore , assail Samsonov 's right wing with impunity .
3 Clearly that justification collapsed once it became clear that shareholders in large public companies no longer exercised any real control or responsibility over their property .
4 Even now it seemed incredible that Mark — cynical , idle , sophisticated Mark , had actually joined that file of Catholic students who , during Holy Week , carried a heavy wooden Cross through the public streets and along the open road between London and Our Lady 's shrine at Walsingham .
5 Again and again it became apparent that politics had not brought most of these youngsters to the YCs .
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