Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [vb past] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While many a villager born in so small an island as Britain might pass all his days without seeing the sea , some of his comrades from every European land risked its dangers , courted its excitement — or just found it serviceable for their varied aims . |
| 2 | Long underground galleries of 3 km or more made it possible to mine under the sea . |
| 3 | The truth is that Mark had always known him as Steven and naturally found it ridiculous to change to Morrissey . |
| 4 | She walked up the wide , white steps and gently pushed it open . |
| 5 | I 'll have our breakfast and promptly threw it all up |
| 6 | He called for continued support for the government , and also made it clear that in the discussions of a new constitution , his preference was for a presidential republic . |
| 7 | These limitations affected the size of the sample and also made it difficult to employ such procedures as the multiple judging of rating scales . |
| 8 | He stopped outside the kitchen door and carefully cracked it open a fraction — and looked straight into Jane 's wide eyes . |
| 9 | She had been denied the company of males during her early life and now found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex . |
| 10 | Stravinsky had started composing Les Noces before 1913 and often played it toDiaghilev , gradually simplifying his ideas until it became the present cantata for voices , four pianos and percussion . |
| 11 | The Sutton pupils quickly noticed that Russells Hall pupils , whom they had imagined would be perfect writers and illustrators , sought help from the teachers and each other and often found it difficult to locate required information . |
| 12 | He fed the slot , dialled Jack Ashdown 's number , and then fed it some more . |
| 13 | " He 'd have had to have opened the door and then left it open when he reset the alarms . |
| 14 | I s I , I never really played with Windows , I just installed it to do the job of running this one application and then left it alone . |
| 15 | Doing as she had bid herself , she walked into the cottage and then spoilt it all by slamming the door . |
| 16 | Dropping her head , she tugged a brush vigorously through the rippling red-gold , and then tossed it all back in a wild wavy curtain . |
| 17 | Dave talked right on and over the start of the lyric , and then made it worse by trying to pretend that his mistake was intentional . |
| 18 | He leaned back to tap on the glass partition and then slid it open . |
| 19 | She twisted away from him and backed over to the door , and then cracked it open , and peered out into the hall . |
| 20 | Primaflora took the kerchief and drew it over her cheeks and then held it taut , staring at the damp blotches . |
| 21 | Cleveland councillors agreed to try to improve relations with British Rail and then criticised it five minutes later . |
| 22 | Holding his breath , Patrick lifted the gate slightly to prevent it scraping along the ground and then pushed it open . |
| 23 | He was well aware of the anthropomorphism and indeed found it satisfying ; it was as though , in the Britches , thigh-deep in lashing nettle and octopus strands of clutching bramble he was coming to grips at last with a great many things and , as often as not , getting the upper hand . |
| 24 | ‘ In fact it contradicted the practice of Stalinism , and actually made it illegal . |
| 25 | When he did n't she told herself she had n't really expected any and actually preferred it this way . |
| 26 | This can be seen as an example when the Whigs compromised one party principle in pursuit of another ( the Whig hostility to the Tory peace proposals are discussed below ) ; moreover , the Junto were worried that the ministry was about to bring in a far tougher Occasional Conformity Bill to appease its High Church supporters in the Commons , and therefore thought it better to let a less stern one pass , especially if other political advantages could be reaped thereby . |
| 27 | This does take a bit of sussing out , but once mastered it all makes sense . |
| 28 | The government 's policy of gradual economic reform , which also emphasized increased foreign trade and investment , was modest in comparison with " shock " austerity programmes elsewhere in Latin America , but still lost it public support in the June 1990 congressional elections [ see p. 37529 ] . |
| 29 | It stated the soldier 's undying love for his wife but also made it plain that he realised that they could not live in harmony , so they had better not see each other . |
| 30 | She not only got pregnant but also found it impossible to further her career in the Tory party . |