Example sentences of "[coord] it [adv] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buzz did n't know what was going on , but she certainly smelled dishonesty : it probably involved fraud , and it probably involved Adam . |
| 2 | And it just went poof ! |
| 3 | This little side-play caused Peggy to stop and wonder , and it also gave Lizzie the opportunity to try to bring a smile to her daughter 's face and perhaps ease the tension she saw there . |
| 4 | The use of one language simplified administration , and it also simplified communication between Africans , which became increasingly important . |
| 5 | The mosaic work was introduced on the Portuguese mainland in the eighteenth century and it soon reached Madeira . |
| 6 | Aziz claimed that the budget aimed at the transfer of resources from rich to poor and it accordingly avoided measures which would be unpopular among the majority of the population . |
| 7 | It sat upon an ancient heathen site , a site far darker than anything I could ever have conceived and it instantly became part of my well of strength . |
| 8 | This doctrine of ‘ last things ’ was the first systematized eschatology in the history of religion and it profoundly influenced Judaism , Christianity , and Islam . |
| 9 | The British insisted that it be worked by British operators — reluctantly agreed to — and it finally entered Australia in the Northern Territories . |
| 10 | To him , even then , it had been history , and it somehow deserved ill-fortune ; in the heedless fashion of the American suburbs it seemed right to look down on the refugees from an old , superstition-riven world . |
| 11 | Among his presents was a toy steam engine , and it quickly became Peter 's favourite toy . |
| 12 | The wild aurochs , as big as a modern English Longhorn , was widespread in Britain while there was still a landbridge linking the land to the Continent after the retreat of the glaciers of the last Ice Age , but it died out here during the Bronze Age 3,000 years ago and it never reached Ireland . |
| 13 | Bread and Fruit Dish also existed in an earlier version ; and it too began life as a figure piece . |
| 14 | Headmaster , Mr John O'Brien , commented : ‘ It was a great surprise to everyone in our team to hear of the win , and it certainly boosted morale and gave us lots of enjoyment in distributing the Wispa bars ’ . |
| 15 | The the erm situation for Lutterworth er Magna Park however I I am familiar with and it certainly preceded section fifty four A and erm in in there were two phases . |
| 16 | Ophiolite comes from ophis , Greek for ‘ snake ’ , and it originally signified rocks , such as mottled-green serpentinite , that resemble snakeskin . |
| 17 | But it also guaranteed Fields equal say in the running of the company , by the expedient of comprising the board of four directors . |
| 18 | This was done most dramatically and ruthlessly in Latin America , e.g. in Mexico under Juarez in the 1860s or in Bolivia under the dictator Melgarejo ( 1866–71 ) , but it also took place on a large scale in Spain after the revolution of 1854 , in Italy after the unification of the country under the liberal institutions of Piedmont , and wherever else economic and legal liberalism triumphed . |
| 19 | The development of textile manufacturing in the fifteenth century was not only one of the most fundamental economic changes of the period , but it also took men away from farming , created a market for the sale of agricultural products and gave an incentive to the producer to grow crops and raise stock beyond the levels required for his own consumption . |
| 20 | But it also stirred feelings of guilt and pity within me which I am still grappling to explain to myself . |
| 21 | But it also contained films by Hitchcock dealing with British stories that avoided the sort of grandiosity which afflicted so many of the pictures pitched at the US market , and had as much wit as The Private Life of Henry VIII . |
| 22 | ‘ As the Sun now recognises , the publication did cause personal offence to the Queen but it also caused offence amongst those who prefer to hear or see Her Majesty 's Christmas Message for the first time on Christmas Day . ’ |
| 23 | Omari describes how the paper printed many letters from readers in support of the Government , but it also published others strongly in favour of nationalism and independence . |
| 24 | But it also triggered outrage in Europe that there would be no British decision for another year . |
| 25 | Not only did it make it possible to conceive of the settlement , a succession of trusts , where a trust was set up in favour of a beneficiary who was himself charged with a trust in favour of a further beneficiary , but it also allowed trusts to be set up on intestacy , which led to the growth of an advanced system of property disposition on death which had absolutely no connection with a will . |
| 26 | But it also strained credulity to believe that any sort of war where any sort of nuclear weapons were available would not eventually lead to full-scale atomic destruction . |
| 27 | But it also highlighted DSC 's moderate profitability , limited financial flexibility and the presence of significant competition . |
| 28 | This allowed the development of freer trade with America , on lines envisaged at Bretton Woods in 1944 , but it also created problems in Atlantic relations . |
| 29 | Just think of the Titanic — everyone knew where she went down , but it still took years to find her . ’ |
| 30 | One thing he had confirmed , though , was the fact that he was living at Brooklands , his mother 's home , so Nina had been quite right in that respect , but it still left Rachel wondering why . |