Example sentences of "it [vb past] [conj] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It came as quite a shock to enter the brightly-lit building . |
| 2 | ‘ It came as quite a surprise ’ , said one . |
| 3 | ‘ We 're delighted to get the award but it came as quite a surprise , ’ said business director . |
| 4 | It seemed that now the process was under way her contribution was not required . |
| 5 | If disputes within the party over policy and doctrine were one symptom of Conservative confusion , another was the ‘ legion of leagues ’ which appeared in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries , when it seemed that hardly a year went by without the founding of some new right-wing association . |
| 6 | It seemed that wherever a wall or something similar could be built , one had appeared . |
| 7 | It seemed that only the weather could stop another blackwash . |
| 8 | For example , it meant that whenever the King of France wanted to stir up trouble , he always had a legitimate grievance to hand . |