Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came alive at the touch of her delectable lips , and she could feel his zealous prong swelling inside her mouth . |
| 2 | It has to do partly with the feeling , particularly powerful in the 19th century , that the proper role of education , at least at the top end , was to equip gentlemen to run the Empire ; and it seemed reasonable at the time to concentrate not upon mechanics , but upon grand ideals , and the classics were studied as if they were a form of theology , a way of revealing fundamental and lasting human truths This , perhaps , is why anti-science is strongest in Britain , because we took Empire most seriously . |
| 3 | It seemed cheap at the price — five guineas for travel and a month 's board and lodging . |
| 4 | ‘ It seemed odd at the time , ’ the youth went on , unconscious of his sudden undesirability . |
| 5 | We need a kind of Marshall plan which will bring to those poor suffering countries aid such as was brought to continental Europe when it lay prostrate at the end of the second world war . |
| 6 | The paper bag slipped , she grabbed it and it tore open at the bottom , spilling its contents onto the empty teacups near Miss Angus and turning some of them over with an attention-drawing rattle . |
| 7 | What this meant was n't certain , but it sounded good at the time . |
| 8 | ‘ I thought it sounded odd at the time ; now I know why . ’ |
| 9 | It stood right at the edge of the woods , in a huge garden full of trees which towered high above the roof . |