Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | I should think two years , you know , when the restrictions got lifted a bit , so it got better , yeah . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | So it seemed better that you should go on thinking that I was just — ’ |
| 5 | Somehow it seemed easier to dress while Guy was absent . |
| 6 | Every time she went out she missed his pleading eyes and thumping tail ; but today it seemed worse than ever , somehow , to set forth quite alone . |
| 7 | Then it grew louder . |
| 8 | Then it became softer , and died away . |
| 9 | Then it became darker , the trees denser , thicker , hemming them in on all sides as Thomas guided their horses along some secret path known only to him . |
| 10 | in the morning nice and sunny , then it came darker . |
| 11 | but at the beginning of the morning it were cold and then it went warmer |
| 12 | Then it got slower and slower . |
| 13 | Scoop-necked , and cut high on the hip , at least it felt safer than a bikini . |
| 14 | He had done it so often , yet it got worse rather than easier : pain in the gut , sticky sourness in the back of the throat , thighs trembling with tension but the hands steady . |