Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having no qualifications I launched into a career as a journalist and for my health it became downhill all the way . |
| 2 | With time , as it became more lucrative a country for people to come , obviously the country had to be more restrictive about providing the nationality . |
| 3 | Hobhouse wrote The Metaphysical Theory of the State specifically to criticize Bosanquet 's idealist theory on the ground that it provided too expansive a role for the state . |
| 4 | As to the liquor , it filled about half the coffin and in it ‘ feathers , flowers , and herbs in abundance were floating , the leaves and stalks of which appeared quite perfect , but totally discoloured ’ . |
| 5 | But er I I understand why , because it played too big a part in my |
| 6 | Scarlet had just thrown away a bunch of dried Proveņcal flowers which had adorned her sideboard for over a year and was already feeling slightly better : she thought that if only she could rearrange all the furniture , she might be cured , but it seemed too drastic a step to take . |
| 7 | It seemed as good a way of ingratiating myself as any other : the palace was a protective place , and there was no automatic guarantee that a visiting journalist would be granted an audience . |
| 8 | I did it for a bet — with one of my uncles , his side being that I would n't stick to anything — and because it seemed as good a way as any of getting away from home , but I was not uninterested and I have not forgotten my subject . ’ |
| 9 | It seemed as good a moment as any for a change of scene . |
| 10 | It seemed as good a time as any to go , so I went down to the squat in the King 's Road where I was living and picked up my passport . |
| 11 | But in the hazy world she had mysteriously entered it seemed as wise a move as any . |
| 12 | Her voice was lovely , but it took away all the life from the words . |
| 13 | One woman , remarking on ‘ how wonderful it was , with what faith the Führer spoke ’ , was reported as saying it took just such a speech to show ‘ how faint-hearted one had become through the routine of everyday life ’ , and that she could now look to the future with confidence again . |
| 14 | Recognizing the all-too familiar symptoms , Manville fought against the gathering depression before it took too firm a hold on him . |
| 15 | It took only half a kilowatt and was permanently ready with a large rectangular hot plate which was kept under a heavy , well-insulated lid unless in use . |
| 16 | The attempt to put a stop to the moving earth stands out because it proved so tragic an aberration — a personal tragedy for Galileo and , in the long run , a tragedy for the Church , which overreached itself in securing a territory that would prove impossible to hold . |
| 17 | It whistled virtually all the way through , it went do n't you know it ? |