Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly it plunged into the water and , a swift streak , returned to its perch with a silver fish in its dagger-bill . |
| 2 | Suddenly it rushed at the tree , leapt onto a low branch , and ran up the trunk . |
| 3 | It hovered for a few moments , then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two . |
| 4 | He knows that Grampian regional council is bound by statute to say how much it got from the sale ; it can not simply say that it will not tell anyone . |
| 5 | She had never liked the arrangement that had installed her in the Ward household , but having heard the tragic story , and knowing how much it meant to the woman who had rescued her from a life of loneliness , how could she refuse ? |
| 6 | Basically it provided for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered through the NHS under the central direction of the Minister of Health . |
| 7 | How long it continued as a workhouse I know not , but records were kept up till 1795 . |
| 8 | Or perhaps it belonged to a child who was under rubble . |
| 9 | Perhaps it appealed to the rest of them because it 's very fast . ’ |
| 10 | So it came as no surprise that the first chants of ‘ Flashman out ’ were heard just two minutes into a contest in which the long ball was essential in atrocious conditions . |
| 11 | so it came as no surprise when Audrey Roberts decided that enough was enough and stormed out , leaving Alf puzzled and in the lurch . |
| 12 | So it applied to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations for some aid . |
| 13 | Blanche shrugged sympathetically , or so it seemed to the sergeant , as if to say , ‘ I understand . |
| 14 | With this as the acquired recording , it was exceedingly difficult — or so it seemed at the time — to slip down from the stress-filled beta-waves of everyday living , to those desired alpha-waves of mental quiet and healing . |
| 15 | Or so it seemed at the time . |
| 16 | The contrast was stark , an area devoid of anything green , or so it seemed from the air . |
| 17 | we have to get the give and take blend just right , so it sounded like a coffee ! |
| 18 | Boar 's heart stuffed with cloves , lamb garnished with mint and marjoram , a swan cooked and restored so it sat upon the silver platter as if swimming on some magical pool . |
| 19 | The return of his four hundred marks was a strong inducement , nevertheless it went against the grain with him to do homage to an Englishman . |
| 20 | It was a highly unpopular Act ; nevertheless it remained on the statute books until 1815 . |
| 21 | Thus it seemed in the restaurant of the Golden Eagle at Thornaby , just half a dozen computer salesmen ( and others similarly programmed ) dining disconsolately in desultory ones and twos . |
| 22 | Michael Lee had arrived in Dublin barely four hours ago — he checked his watch again — but already it felt like a lifetime . |
| 23 | She was persuaded to do this , some tactful excuse having been found ; but finally it appeared in the year of her death , and her last letter to me acknowledged it . |
| 24 | Conceivably it contributed to the family 's mystique . |
| 25 | The Warrington-based group has spent more than £100m on acquisitions as it repositions itself for an upturn in the economy and yesterday it added to the line-up with The Crossroads hotel and restaurant at Weedon , Northampton , for £1.5m and South Marston Country Club near Swindon for £800,000 . |
| 26 | Partly it resulted from a preference in his subject-matter for concrete cultural and social detail over Adorno 's tendency towards abstraction of social process : for instance , he offered something like a phenomenology of the ‘ shocks ’ inherent in modern city life ; he discussed actual and potential production practices within modern media , derived from his enthusiasm for Brecht 's ‘ epic theatre ’ ; he focused less on the totalities of aesthetic form than on the fluidities of technique , the conditions of production , and the variable nature of reception . |
| 27 | Probably it went up the hill in a series of gentle planes . |
| 28 | Seconds later it burst into a ball of flame . |
| 29 | Later it passed to the city and was the first site for the Natural History Museum . |
| 30 | One hour later it crashed into the river . |