Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now it took several years for er the new incentive scheme to be introduced throughout the whole of the works and I think during my last discussion you know , I did indicate that the fitters for example , you know , were about the last group to go on . |
| 32 | Given its origins , the NUR saw itself as an industrial union ; originally it organized most groups of BR workers , and it continues to be recognized by BR as representing all grades of staff other than management . |
| 33 | Originally it covered all gifts , but since 1986 it is restricted to gifts on death or those made within seven years of death . |
| 34 | Erm well it happened some time between about two and six |
| 35 | And I heard a lot about how well it worked last time . ’ |
| 36 | Two hundred years ago it took five days for news to get from Paris to Strasbourg . |
| 37 | When he first became the candidate more than two years ago it caused considerable controversy . |
| 38 | A few months ago it seemed that oil markets were in for a chill spring . |
| 39 | Luckily it had short sleeves , and she knew that the subtle shade of pale aquamarine suited her colouring . |
| 40 | Sometimes it seemed another lifetime . |
| 41 | ‘ Maybe it spoiled un-spilled milk , ’ Kenneth nodded . |
| 42 | So maybe it took one minute more than it should as the crow flies . |
| 43 | Maybe it had some bearing on Uncle Fred 's last words to me as I went off to do my National Service in the army . |
| 44 | Maybe it had some reality in sales transactions of other times , when buyers took goods away then and there or a day later . |
| 45 | If this was a genetic accident , then it had tremendous significance in regard to unintentional evolution to homeothermy and great species longevity . |
| 46 | East Anglia and the South-West continued to grow , as did the South-East until 1966 , then it experienced net loss owing to the massive haemorrhage from the capital . |
| 47 | Then it became ten performances , same fee . |
| 48 | Nevertheless AFHQ was not informed that the Croats had been turned back until the morning of 16 May , and even then it took some time for the information to be fully taken in by all branches concerned . |
| 49 | First , it enabled clueless people to quote ‘ soul ’ , then it allowed intelligent people to get away with expressing fake emotions . |
| 50 | There was a gentle , left-right shuffle , then it resumed yaw-free flight . |
| 51 | Kylie , based in the opulent comfort of London 's St James 's Club , favourite hunt of Hollywood superstars like Clint Eastwood , was everywhere it seemed that summer — and the record sales reflected it around the world . |
| 52 | This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence . |
| 53 | At least it started that way , then the sharkskin dress was rubbing against me and other things began to seem far away . |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | If such propitiation did not result in the sewing-up of any chinks , at least it stopped new chinks from showing through . |
| 56 | There it affected many trees and shrubs , including the valuable timber tree Ougenia oojeinensis . |
| 57 | stated that it was nice to hear from the USA , and emphasised that there it took four years to qualify as an embalmer and wondered what students would think of that . |
| 58 | The exposed skin was flushed and glowing ; here and there it resembled tanned leather and , in some cases , it looked as if it had split and healed , and split again . |
| 59 | Instead it meant hard work with a capital H for all the fifteen or so staff . |
| 60 | Instead it had different functions . |