Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the confusion his greatcoat had slipped to the floor , where it lay unnoticed by all but the ever-watchful child . |
| 2 | His gaze casually swept up the table instead , skimming the bowed heads and carefully composed expressions until it reached Professor St John Goth , where it stopped short with a sense of shock . |
| 3 | Although the LDP 's overall majority in the House of Representatives ensured that the proposal would have been approved by the lower chamber , the party 's minority position in the House of Counsellors ( where it controlled 113 of the 252 seats ) made approval in the upper house unlikely . |
| 4 | The library reference room was on the Fludyer Street side of the building and although it housed some to the 5,000 volumes in the manuscript library , some had to be distributed throughout the passages of the building . |
| 5 | It came as some surprise to the board when they were informed that , although it seemed unreasonable for them to have to know what was going on , they could be made liable for the damage . |
| 6 | Although it seemed trivial to high minded folk , like Deputy Matron and Sister Tutor who were burdened with the difficulties of their office , these concerts were so important . |
| 7 | Kind he might be , although it seemed improbable from what she had so far seen of him , but Sally-Anne wanted nothing from men , neither kindness … nor love … nor anything . |
| 8 | By contrast 85 per cent of the pupils were said by their teachers to have no experience of Example 14 , although it produced one of the highest success rates among the lowest third . |
| 9 | We continued fishing and although it went quiet for me Rick did have another two cats at 17lb 12oz and 12lb 8oz , but both seemed a little insignificant in the light of previous events . |
| 10 | Commentators noted that although it stopped short of declaring immediate secession from the Soviet Union , with this declaration Armenia technically went further towards independence than any other republic save Lithuania . |
| 11 | United Left was reported on Jan. 7 to have left the alliance although it remained open towards it . |
| 12 | The district council 's public relations manager Chris Trim said the District Commercial Services was separate from the council and run as a public company , although it used some of the council 's facilities such as payroll and computers . |
| 13 | The city used to claim that it had some of the cleanest air in Latin America . |
| 14 | A police officer said he suspected an enormous volume of explosives was stockpiled inside one of the buildings and that it exploded due to careless handling . |
| 15 | One police officer said he suspected a vast amount of explosive was stockpiled inside one of the buildings and that it exploded due to careless handling . |
| 16 | If someone , looking at a flower , said , ‘ It 's blue ’ , on account of what he saw , drawing no inferences , and not lying , then it would be psychologically true to say that it looked blue to him even though it would be linguistically odd to say this if one had no reason to doubt that the flower was blue . |
| 17 | It is interesting and perhaps unusual that it developed first in politics but now is used more and more in commerce and industry . |
| 18 | And she had to confess , much as she hated to , that it felt nice to be on amicable terms with Jake . |
| 19 | To be sure , the great apes behave so intelligently and have such a rich social life that it seemed extraordinary to many people that they could not learn to speak . |
| 20 | No disrespect to Philip Young , the conductor , or to any of the performers , but I have to agree with the member of the audience sitting behind me who commented that it seemed more of a damp squib than a big band ! |
| 21 | Cardiff had supervised the clearance of the office block , noting wryly that it seemed easier to clear everyone out than it had been to get his original team established . |
| 22 | He undid his tie so that it hung loose around his neck and unfastened the top few buttons on his shirt . |
| 23 | It was true that it followed close on a humiliation for British arms the loss of the fortress of Tobruk in North Africa and the withdrawal of the Eighth Army to the Egyptian frontier . |
| 24 | The same table also shows that the proportion of women qualifying for unemployment benefit increased over the years so that it surpassed that of men . |
| 25 | Mrs Patient of Bracknell , Berks , said : ‘ I could n't believe that it took four of them to stand there and say they could n't do the work until after the New Year . |
| 26 | The voice was so absent and tired that it took some of the chill from the words . |
| 27 | Mr it 's been suggested from my plaintiff that it took ten to fifteen minutes to enter and secure the flat by the firearms officers . |
| 28 | War was declared in August 1914 but it was not until the following year that it made much of an impression on the affairs of the Union . |
| 29 | Orion informs me that it sold 60,000 of the revamped hardback , at £3.99 a copy , even before transmission had started . |
| 30 | Mrs Stych was unloading savoury rolls and a bowl of chicken salad from the refrigerator and she kicked the door savagely , so that it slammed shut with a protesting boom . |