Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The data was submitted on a confidential basis , because of the possibility of future publication , and so it is not possible to ascertain whether or not it had any influence on the deliberations of the Review body , but their conclusions on the quality of post-graduate geological research undertaken in Dundee and Strathclyde Universities were exactly in line with the quantitative findings described later .
2 I 'll make the point again Martin that just as on Saturday when goals were flying in at both ends and eventually it finished three two , I kept saying do n't believe the scoring is all over in this game , that 's my feeling now .
3 The sound of the water faded , there were only the two of them locked in this tiny space , and suddenly it became difficult to breathe .
4 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 .
5 it was really going faster and faster and faster and suddenly it stopped dead .
6 Brian Cowie said : ‘ It was the Ipswich branch of CAMRA which mounted a publicity campaign to save the brewery and so it seemed appropriate that the launch of Pride should be at the festival . ’
7 This period was fixed at ten years , and so it became possible , after the beginning of 1936 , to extend compulsory registration to any county in England and Wales .
8 Frustratingly , however , the IPG was unable to view these publications in advance and so it had little idea as to how useful they would be .
9 Theatre , in past centuries , might have counted as a mass medium : it was an effective way of spreading ideas , and so it suffered official censorship ( not abolished until the 1960s ) .
10 Nevertheless , Benelux did advance further than other proposals for economic union , such as that toyed at in 1945 and again in 1948 by France and Italy , and perhaps it offered valuable lessons that could be learnt by future attempts in the same direction .
11 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 .
12 While that was a brilliant evocation of living by your wits in or near a New York gutter , which pushed out several boundaries — largely sexual — in relation to the old Hollywood code of conduct , there was a degree of tameness in comparison to the anti-heroes created in Easy Rider ; Fonda , Hopper and especially Nicholson were used as role models for many future films , and thus it broke new ground .
13 It took three quarters of an hour to get it out and meanwhile it did some damage .
14 But this enthusiasm swiftly evaporated and soon it became difficult to find anyone who was satisfied with it , let alone enthusiastic .
15 In 1811 they returned to Britain on leave and soon it became obvious that he would have to choose between the convict 's daughter and his military career .
16 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 .
17 At the time of the revolt , the Queen and the Court were in residence for the summer at San Sebastian on Spain 's northern coast and once it became clear that her reign was at an end , Isabella crossed the frontier into France , asking Napoleon III for political asylum .
18 He chose not to read for a fellowship and once it became clear that he was no longer in the race for academic honours he was not required to take all the examinations .
19 And still it seemed right still it was free of the slightest tinge of shame .
20 She gently pushed it , and immediately it swung open .
21 Finally , foreign museums started contacting the Ministry of Culture and asking if they could buy , let us say , a picture by Malévich or Popova , and then it became clear that I had the pictures .
22 And … and then it felt all wrong again …
23 I think it said five six seven eight nine ten or summat on one side and then it said six seven eight nine on other side .
24 I just thought of the poem , standing there , and then it seemed clear .
25 I mean erm going to school I used to dream about it and then it came true , you know , I mean .
26 And then it went five hundred plus .
27 but at the beginning of the morning it were cold and then it went warmer
28 and then it got , and then it got smashed .
29 and then it happened different every night as well
30 And then it turned real — always the beginning of tragedy .
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