Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His smile was open and friendly , and suddenly it seemed preposterous to be standing here , on a Roman street corner , arguing with a man who had taken her from an existence that she 'd hated to one that was all she 'd ever dreamed of . |
| 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 | In doing so it became one of the few countries where the brand has an active agency handling Guinness through the retail distribution system . |
| 4 | Towards the end it got better though , and they got the time right , we timed it towards the end and the wording was right , so it got better towards the end . |
| 5 | It seemed at first sight to be a chaos of struggling men and horses , a wild mêlée ; but soon it became apparent to the newcomers that it was in fact more like a whirlpool of activity , with the ambushed English , above whom the royal standard wavered uncertainly , in the centre , whilst their more numerous attackers circled round them , smiting and thrusting but apparently making only moderate impact . |
| 6 | But since the districts were not subservient to the counties , the concept of ‘ delegation ’ was inappropriate , and thus it became essential for there to be clear guidelines to distinguish county issues from district issues . |
| 7 | Somehow it appeared undignified to Dexter because the TV reporter 's face was so classically handsome . |
| 8 | And gradually it came clear to him that every job the mate had given him had been carefully chosen to help him on his way to the bridge . |
| 9 | Namibia would be invited to accede once it became independent in April 1990 . |
| 10 | The more he thought about it , the more it became clear to him that this was a job for a real professional . |
| 11 | Yeah a big , big black one well it looked black in it was in the early hours of this morning , you know , when the birds start flying about . |
| 12 | over her leotard , so we kept , we bought one , they said oh , you know , you want a fairly big one , so they , well it looked alright across here , when we got it home , she tried it on , it was nearly down to her knees . |
| 13 | well it went all in me lap |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | When the first draft of Li 's report was presented a fortnight ago it incorporated many of the demands for faster reform voiced earlier this year by China 's elder statesman , Deng Xiaoping . |
| 16 | Eventually it became necessary for a place of safety order to be made and for care proceedings to be instituted . |
| 17 | Eventually it became apparent to several members of both the main board and the heads of businesses that the technically controlled , decentralized divisions , which were primarily local in nature , were not appropriate for addressing the market of the future . |
| 18 | It took all of his strength to free the buckled doorway , but eventually it broke free with a protesting groan . |
| 19 | Sometimes it felt close by and at other times it was only a distant echo . |
| 20 | Fortunately it became necessary for me to accompany the well-known Solveig 's Song on a dulcitone , which meant that I had to be close beside her in the wings . |
| 21 | She cared for religion as little as I for politics — less , for politics painfully makes itself heard and-felt ; twice it came near to breaking up my life , even though I defied it to interest me . |
| 22 | Well , we got friendly , Mary and me , and it just happened , then it became regular like … ’ |
| 23 | Then it showed two of the coaches of the second train sprawled across the track . |
| 24 | In September the epidemic of Spanish influenza that devastated Europe , and killed more people than the war , reached Abyssinia ; there it killed three of the five doctors in the country and incapacitated a fourth . |
| 25 | Consequently it seemed likely in early May that Japan would avoid the mandatory trade sanctions which would follow if it were named as an unfair trader under the so-called " Super 301 " clause of the 1988 Trade Act [ see pp. 36925-26 ] . |
| 26 | So still , so derelict , yet it looked capable of sudden movement . |