Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb past] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the gentlest of expressions of authority , but it could scarcely be firmer ; and it fell on willing ears . |
| 2 | Pressure on sterling resumed in New York late on Tuesday night after mounting speculation that the UK Treasury was extremely reluctant to raise base rates ahead of next week 's Conservative party conference , and it continued in financial markets in the Far East . |
| 3 | It used to be important because it made it more difficult to score with groin kicks , and it led to narrow stances with the leading foot turned inwards . |
| 4 | And it led to all sorts of ‘ self-management agreements ’ between enterprises on the reallocation of foreign exchange . |
| 5 | He kissed my mouth , and it felt like warm butterflies brushing my lips , softly , quickly , and then it was gone . |
| 6 | And it lasted about three quarters an hour , and it all damped down . |
| 7 | Cos I 've still got a bit of a throat and it said for sore throats too if you want . |
| 8 | and it seemed like ten minutes , yeah , but like Jim came out and said do you realize you 've been out here for hours man |
| 9 | It would have been a public retirement , however — the first printing of the book was 6,000 copies , and it went through eleven impressions in as many years . |
| 10 | And it went to seven months because they did have a downturn in the business so it pushed the quantities back a bit . |
| 11 | And it took about two minutes to twig what I was going on about ! |
| 12 | It was in the kitchen and it consisted of three panels side by side . |
| 13 | It wasted what money it had on drinking and it spoke with rough accents . |
| 14 | The study of the proposed L.R.T. system had been ordered by the Department of the Environment , and it appeared to all intents and purposes that any future for the Comber-Dundonald portion of the line , at least as far as the Trust was concerned , were dead and buried , as it seemed evident that the D.O.E . |
| 15 | But it died within two weeks . ’ |
| 16 | I think I read for two hours , but it seemed like ten minutes . |
| 17 | Of course , that Bill is now confetti , but it focused on local authorities , the Post Office and British Rail . |
| 18 | The ‘ Community method ’ therefore was pragmatic , but it aimed at great things . |
| 19 | Taliesin had not thought it would be possible for the darkness surrounding the House to deepen , but it deepened in those minutes after Fael-Inis made his pronouncement . |