Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well it got just eased of a little bit and I thought oh well I 'd make it , so I hopped up to get me erm pension erm and I just got down here when it started again and I came around the front from there and I came around the front I was soaking |
| 2 | Before it was halfway through its arc Hrun 's right hand moved so fast that it appeared to travel between two points in space without at any time occupying the intervening air . |
| 3 | A word or phrase used so often that it becomes a slogan . |
| 4 | Robbie 's colour fled as rapidly as it had appeared , leaving her face ashen with anger . |
| 5 | His laughter stopped as quickly as it had begun . |
| 6 | I was buried alive , the pummelling stopped as suddenly as it had started , I heaved myself up and the earth and muck fell off me . |
| 7 | Duregar 's army moved steadily southwards until it reached the eastern entrance to Death Pass . |
| 8 | Ronnie Wood came over once and it took me three months to clean up the mess . |
| 9 | I was cleaning it up , I mean it dropped off there and it did n't break |
| 10 | It came nearer still until it saw him . |
| 11 | He only ever played there once but it convinced us he 'd make it . ’ |
| 12 | The Commonwealth came closer together than it has been for a long time . |
| 13 | Bouncing and bucking down the rough , uneven scrubland of the sloping ground beyond , it finally fetched up hard when it smashed head-on into a rocky outcrop . |
| 14 | The paper which , unlike Haycocks I and II , was not considered by the main ACSTT Committee because it arrived too late before it concluded its five year term , was circulated by the DES to interested organizations for discussion and comment and a large number of responses was received . |
| 15 | He hung on desperately as it staggered two-legged across the road and then , screaming , turned and galloped into the woods . |
| 16 | At first sight it is a pretty enough spectacle to see a matchbox made ; one motion of the hands bends into shape the notched frame of the case , another surrounds it with the ready-pasted strip of painted wrapper , which , by long practice is fitted instinctively without a wrinkle , then the sandpaper or phosphorous paper , pasted ready beforehand , is applied and pressed on so that it sticks fast . |
| 17 | She looked even more head-mistressy than usual , a caricature , with a long black gown and a mortarboard that pressed down hard till it flattened the top of her head . |
| 18 | Shamlou 's smile vanished as fast as it had come . |
| 19 | Hari 's wash of hurt pride and anger vanished as suddenly as it had come , though she realized that Craig 's words were no more than flattery . |
| 20 | The father was on for the whole of the second act of The Hooded Owl , and never had that part of the play passed as slowly as it did that evening . |
| 21 | It was very quiet in the kitchen except for the clock in the corner that ticked so loudly that it sounded as if it would burst out of its case . |
| 22 | Considering each member of the series of Xs connecting the human eye to no eye at all , is it plausible that every one of them worked sufficiently well that it assisted the survival and reproduction of the animals concerned ? |
| 23 | Considering each member of the series of Ks connecting the human eye to no eye at all , is it plausible that every one of them worked sufficiently well that it assisted the survival and reproduction of the animals concerned ? |
| 24 | It worked out electronically that it took a fish finger less time to defrost than a leg of lamb , and when your designer-label , calorie-counted tagliatelle was ready for eating , it told you so with five bleeps rather than the paltry three offered by the cheaper models . |
| 25 | His career collapsed as quickly as it had begun , and he died from alcoholism in 1957 . |
| 26 | Once Baldwin 's decision was made , the right-wing plot collapsed as suddenly as it had grown up and , as always after prolonged but successful mental strain , he felt free . |
| 27 | Having survived the worst Braintree hit back well and it became a question of how much damage Dean Ford could inflict , firing away with penalties as Romford became increasingly fractious . |
| 28 | ‘ Damian knew right away that it had to be Japan or nothing . |
| 29 | And talking of cards , ’ she went on quickly as it registered with Fabia that if adding Cara 's name to hers on any card she sent home was n't lying , then she did n't know what was , ‘ you 'd better take a couple of my business cards . ’ |
| 30 | Standing up to straighten his back , he would take as many as half a dozen buds , popping them all into his mouth , then down he 'd go , snick , snick , bud in , and on to the next — he went so fast that it took two assistants following behind and tying in to keep up with him ! |