Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a plop as it landed in the water , then it thrashed around wildly for a few seconds before settling down . |
| 2 | It called not only for an investigation of the sentencing powers and practice of the criminal courts , but of the sentencing process itself . |
| 3 | It worked very well for a while . |
| 4 | It took much longer for a consolidated kingship to emerge in France than it did in Germany after the break-up of the Carolingian empire . |
| 5 | It is extraordinary that it took so long for the importance of this to be realised in Britain . |
| 6 | New Barnes School is the subject of a separate investigation by the police and social services into child abuse and has remained closed since it shut down early for the Summer break . |
| 7 | It did quite well for a time . ’ |