Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly it soared forty feet up into the air , singing as it accelerated , a clear , far-carrying song : ‘ Tseep , tseep , tseep . ’ |
| 2 | It has not disclosed how much it thought these brands were worth . |
| 3 | As it went down it tripped two levers or weighbridges which by means of linkwork connections released a gate at the top of the wheel so as to let it move on by just one scoop . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Only it worked both ways . |
| 6 | So it stayed 70 years on the floor . |
| 7 | Nevertheless it took many centuries for Edinburgh to become unequivocally the royal and national capital . |
| 8 | And even if it was not it allowed both sides an extra nine months in which to strengthen their positions . |
| 9 | And yet a powerful fire must have started so quickly it gave poor Cosmas no time even to get out of bed . ’ |
| 10 | What is more it had gold tassels , a feature only found in America , nowhere else in the Salvation Army world . |
| 11 | Probably it originated many times by independent ‘ mutation ’ . |
| 12 | Yeah , it 's out of print , and erm , but I though it raised interesting issues , anyway . |
| 13 | Previously it had taken Ford 14 hours to assemble a car ; now it took 93 minutes . |
| 14 | Now it took several years for er the new incentive scheme to be introduced throughout the whole of the works and I think during my last discussion you know , I did indicate that the fitters for example , you know , were about the last group to go on . |
| 15 | Given its origins , the NUR saw itself as an industrial union ; originally it organized most groups of BR workers , and it continues to be recognized by BR as representing all grades of staff other than management . |
| 16 | Originally it covered all gifts , but since 1986 it is restricted to gifts on death or those made within seven years of death . |
| 17 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 18 | Luckily it had short sleeves , and she knew that the subtle shade of pale aquamarine suited her colouring . |
| 19 | This was how it looked two years ago — now there 's more height in the garden , but there 's still a long way to go . |
| 20 | Henry went on to point out the evils of sweated labour and the pay make-up system , how it fostered a disinclination to work and how it encouraged landless men to marry just so that their income would be augmented ‘ in proportion to the number of their children ’ , and how it led to degradation of the character : ‘ The weak , the indolent , and worthless worker is now secure of the maximum payment settled by the standards you have determined from parish funds , and the industrious , skilful and honest workman can expect no more … the pernicious and demoralising practice of paying wages out of rates … ought to be suppressed and prohibited . ’ |
| 21 | Then it became ten performances , same fee . |
| 22 | The society 's earlier style of spelling reform was certainly difficult , cumbersome and ludicrous in appearance ; but at least it provided consistent digraphs ( that is , pairs of letters for single sounds ) to replace the traditional ambiguous digraphs sh , th , aw , oo . |
| 23 | If such propitiation did not result in the sewing-up of any chinks , at least it stopped new chinks from showing through . |
| 24 | There it affected many trees and shrubs , including the valuable timber tree Ougenia oojeinensis . |
| 25 | stated that it was nice to hear from the USA , and emphasised that there it took four years to qualify as an embalmer and wondered what students would think of that . |
| 26 | Instead it had different functions . |
| 27 | Now India was an extremely poor country in nineteen fifty and still is , yet it had six times as many tractors per agricultural acre as China . |
| 28 | Yet it took ten years for the pope to arrive at the point he had desired in 1199 , where he could treat the parties as equals , the one and the other , alterum et alterum as he says , and make his decision in Rome . |
| 29 | Brewin was sold to management by Scandinavian Bank for about £6 million last year , when it made pre-tax profits of £1.4 million on turnover of £14.4 million . |
| 30 | So we have a story that may or may not be a story ( it had already appeared in The People back in January , when it raised few eyebrows ) , and a news reporter who suddenly finds himself giving press conferences rather than attending them . |