Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But advocates of renewable energy point out that the new budget still leaves the field far behind where it stood more than a decade ago , when President Jimmy Carter spent as much as $800 million a year on renewable research . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | From outside it looked narrow enough for me to put my arms around . |
4 | In May UNITA not only recaptured Mavinga but also switched the focus of its campaign to its military base in Béu in the north-west near the border with Zaïre , from where it received major airlifts of US supplies and equipment . |
5 | Almost at once it swung open to let out a surge of laughter and music as a tall dark man with a scar on one cheek clapped Penry on the back and introduced himself to Leonora as Nick Wood , then beckoned to a tall , beautiful woman with a mane of ash-blonde hair , who excused herself from a group of people to come running to throw her arms round Penry 's neck . |
6 | Their eyes met , and all at once it seemed hard to breathe . |
7 | It was then I noticed a small cut on his forearm , at least it looked small until it opened up and I realised it went all the way through all the underlying muscles . |
8 | Scoop-necked , and cut high on the hip , at least it felt safer than a bikini . |
9 | And if this was nothing more , at least it had all the trappings of a glamorous evening . |
10 | This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence . |
11 | If such propitiation did not result in the sewing-up of any chinks , at least it stopped new chinks from showing through . |
12 | That quite startled her and at least it gave Marguerite a starting point for conversation . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | At least it started that way , then the sharkskin dress was rubbing against me and other things began to seem far away . |
15 | At least it covered all the sharp projections , and we discovered it could be cut ridiculously easy with a saw , to something like level with the surrounding crazy paving . |