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 | it was really going faster and faster and faster and suddenly it stopped dead . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Only it went wrong and I got caught by the Russians . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | So it became necessary to provide therapy for those unable to achieve the same kind of performance . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | So it felt obliged to withdraw the invitation . |
| 16 | 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 |
| 17 | Brian Cowie said : ‘ It was the Ipswich branch of CAMRA which mounted a publicity campaign to save the brewery and so it seemed appropriate that the launch of Pride should be at the festival . ’ |
| 18 | So it seemed sensible to move into this area , take advantage of that for ourselves , and provide them with a better service . |
| 19 | So it seemed sensible not to go on , ’ said Sir Ranulph . |
| 20 | So it seemed plausible that these elliptical fields are stimulated best by bars orientated parallel to their long axis , and that the lack of obliquely oriented cells explained the difficulty the octopus has in distinguishing between the two diagonals . |
| 21 | It was not calling to him as Pam was , but nevertheless it promised welcome , no pain , peace … |
| 22 | Nevertheless it tasted excellent , or it may have been the dry French cider from my waterbottle that improved the taste . |
| 23 | She leaned out of it , welcoming the cool rain on her face and neck and shoulders : she twisted up her hair to prevent the inconvenience of its getting soaked , but soon it fell loose and she let the rain stroke it . |
| 24 | All too soon it became politic to think about returning Tony 's toy to its rightful owner . |
| 25 | Soon it became apparent that they were part of a general but secret plan for the whole city — which was being destroyed piecemeal . |
| 26 | It seemed at first sight to be a chaos of struggling men and horses , a wild mêlée ; but soon it became apparent to the newcomers that it was in fact more like a whirlpool of activity , with the ambushed English , above whom the royal standard wavered uncertainly , in the centre , whilst their more numerous attackers circled round them , smiting and thrusting but apparently making only moderate impact . |
| 27 | But this enthusiasm swiftly evaporated and soon it became difficult to find anyone who was satisfied with it , let alone enthusiastic . |
| 28 | Soon it became clear the prospecting company was trying to suppress its excitement . |
| 29 | At first she tried not to stare at him , knowing how the feeling of someone looking over her own shoulder made her clumsy , but soon it became clear that he was no longer aware of her at all . |
| 30 | Soon it became clear that Sarah was seriously ill with rheumatic fever and would not be able to work for some time , and another girl , Hetty , was engaged temporarily . |