Example sentences of "it [vb past] [to-vb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But for such vituperation and the violence it provoked the law could not punish him , though it tried to do so on a number of occasions . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 4 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 5 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 6 | His red Renault 9 , which he bought just the week before , was seen by truck driver Mr Burrige to indicate as it slowed to turn right from a central refuge . |
| 7 | Equally , if it decided to push ahead against a company , but withdrew in the face of firm resistance from the directors , word would soon get about that it was a pushover . |
| 8 | 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 . |