Example sentences of "it [vb past] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I 'm , but I 'm sure it 'd got up to a hundred and something pounds . |
| 2 | For three whole days she 'd blanked out the memory of that kiss they 'd shared , but now it came flooding back with a vengeance , hot and strong and so seductively real that she could have wept for shame . |
| 3 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 4 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 5 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 6 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 7 | It began counting down from a starting position of 30:00 . |
| 8 | It started coming back after a weekend seeing Darren . |
| 9 | Yep , we managed to get in alright , pretty decent seats as well , even though it meant missing out on a few pints and getting there at 1o'clock . |
| 10 | I was surprised , for I had lost all count of time and had felt it had gone on for a week . |
| 11 | It had gone off in a hotel in Leinster Place and would always in future be known as the ‘ Bayswater Bomb ’ . |
| 12 | All because it had ventured on to a lake where models were banned . |
| 13 | She said it had got off to a slow start but then the true issues had been recognised . |
| 14 | On the shores of uncharted CCT requirements the Computer Co-ordination Section has realised that it had to come up with a leaner , meaner , faster name for the Section . |
| 15 | They argued that the rapid movements involved in a star 's collapse would mean that the gravitational waves it gave off would make it ever more spherical , and by the time it had settled down to a stationary state , it would be precisely spherical . |
| 16 | Then it had held out against a wave of patriotism among a public which was totally unaware of the reality of modern warfare , never having been touched by it . |
| 17 | It had started out as a ship 's boiler but Selwyn had acquired it some years before to ensure a plentiful supply of soft water for his garden . |
| 18 | It had started out as a panacea for one failed relationship and had quickly become a relationship in itself . |