Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] [adj] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Last week , it seemed to matter enough for Mr Hurd to hint that the Government would refuse to ratify if the amendment prevailed . |
| 2 | Whereas in Northumberland it rarely lasted for a whole day and almost never appeared on consecutive days , in London and Surrey it seemed to shine uninterrupted for weeks at a time . |
| 3 | It began to glow red for overload . |
| 4 | But it had become impossible for Mr Major to plod on with the same soiled team . |
| 5 | Havel 's first journey abroad as President , to East and West Germany on Jan. 2 , represented a further break with tradition , as it had become customary for leaders of Soviet bloc countries to make their first foreign visit to Moscow . |
| 6 | It had lain undiscovered for years among the papers of the Grove family ( then of Wiltshire , now of Dorset ) , through which Hawkins was sifting as he researched Hardy 's subsequent relationship with Agnes Grove , Harriet 's kinswoman . |
| 7 | So it had seemed sensible for Ross to have his old bedroom , while she 'd been far too weary to care where she slept . |