Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 At first they seemed so close together as to form an impassable barrier , but as they drew nearer it became clear that they were several yards apart .
2 Not surprisingly , against this background , family relationships were very strained and Gary was so unpopular that on the rare occasions when he did behave appropriately it went unnoticed and unattended to , which meant he was only getting attention for antisocial behaviour .
3 And then they stopped it and it got spread about and then blah blah blah and then it came well it spread all through Europe and
4 Namibia would be invited to accede once it became independent in April 1990 .
5 In doing so it became one of the few countries where the brand has an active agency handling Guinness through the retail distribution system .
6 Clearly that justification collapsed once it became clear that shareholders in large public companies no longer exercised any real control or responsibility over their property .
7 It was less sharp , bigger , hotter and instead of scratching painfully it felt good .
8 I must admit though it looked lovely , I 'll say that .
9 The May Events marked the chasm within the underground , and as the comrades — or would-be comrades — ran forward it became obvious that much of the old American guard on It had become part of the world left behind .
10 Ridging and patching were the first jobs that I tackled once it became apparent that I was neither going to find another job nor be content to remain a labourer .
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