Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly it grew small and poky . |
| 2 | His smile was open and friendly , and suddenly it seemed preposterous to be standing here , on a Roman street corner , arguing with a man who had taken her from an existence that she 'd hated to one that was all she 'd ever dreamed of . |
| 3 | The sound of the water faded , there were only the two of them locked in this tiny space , and suddenly it became difficult to breathe . |
| 4 | Suddenly it felt dark and oppressive in the little office , heavy with all the unhappiness there 'd ever been in the Demdyke house . |
| 5 | Suddenly it soared forty feet up into the air , singing as it accelerated , a clear , far-carrying song : ‘ Tseep , tseep , tseep . ’ |
| 6 | it was really going faster and faster and faster and suddenly it stopped dead . |
| 7 | It has not disclosed how much it thought these brands were worth . |
| 8 | There had always been a feeling of pre-destination with Richard and now that they had both suffered so much it seemed stronger than ever . |
| 9 | Compared with such an inexorable path to disaster , still camouflaged by the ‘ Hitler myth ’ , the self-seeking aggrandisement of Party bosses , however much it offended social and political sensitivities , was only of fringe importance . |
| 10 | Apparently it began some time last night . ’ |
| 11 | The newly styled firm of G. & J. Cary continued at 86 St James 's Street until 1850 , although apparently it ceased cartographic publication c .1846 . |
| 12 | Waiting her turn , trying not to feel overwhelmed by the noise in the bustling concourse , Chesarynth watched how long it took each person ahead of her . |
| 13 | He then watched to see how long it took another pair to occupy the two kinds of territory . |
| 14 | Initially this new German ‘ victory ’ weapon proved unnerving but before long it became possible for the ‘ V1s ’ to be intercepted by fighter aircraft over the sea , although their speed was a problem , but by moving the bulk of the anti-aircraft artillery units to the Isle of Wight and along the southern coastline of England , it was possible to shoot them down before they reached the London area . |
| 15 | The truth was that as the days went by and the heavy rain showed no sign of slackening for very long it became clear that something very frightening had begun to happen . |
| 16 | I 'm not trying to tell my life story , I have n't got one yet ( perhaps it began last week ? ) |
| 17 | Nevertheless , Benelux did advance further than other proposals for economic union , such as that toyed at in 1945 and again in 1948 by France and Italy , and perhaps it offered valuable lessons that could be learnt by future attempts in the same direction . |
| 18 | Only it went wrong and I got caught by the Russians . |
| 19 | Only it worked both ways . |
| 20 | Frustratingly , however , the IPG was unable to view these publications in advance and so it had little idea as to how useful they would be . |
| 21 | Cleo Huggins made a tree that had another little notch on top , so it had this kind of Arabic feel . |
| 22 | Theatre , in past centuries , might have counted as a mass medium : it was an effective way of spreading ideas , and so it suffered official censorship ( not abolished until the 1960s ) . |
| 23 | So it became necessary to provide therapy for those unable to achieve the same kind of performance . |
| 24 | In doing so it became one of the few countries where the brand has an active agency handling Guinness through the retail distribution system . |
| 25 | This period was fixed at ten years , and so it became possible , after the beginning of 1936 , to extend compulsory registration to any county in England and Wales . |
| 26 | So it felt obliged to withdraw the invitation . |
| 27 | I should think two years , you know , when the restrictions got lifted a bit , so it got better , yeah . |
| 28 | Towards the end it got better though , and they got the time right , we timed it towards the end and the wording was right , so it got better towards the end . |
| 29 | I said we 'd better go home and check and so we drove down to and as I got there , so the bus comes up , so it looked pretty but I thought well I 'd better check so I followed it back up and nobody got off it and |
| 30 | So it seemed better that you should go on thinking that I was just — ’ |