Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [subord] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the stunned silence George Felse got up , without speaking , and crossed the room to where Gus 's jacket hung on the back of a chair , turned towards the replenished fire , and steamed gently as it dried . |
| 2 | After his return to the ward Mr Reynolds ' temperature rose slowly until it reached 37 C. On the first post-operative morning his temperature was above normal limits ( 37.8 C ) . |
| 3 | The system was the last shadow of the original shield in space , pursued partly because it contained exciting high technology , partly because it might possibly offer some worthwhile advantages , and partly because it could be used to show that Mr Bush had not turned his back on Mr Reagan 's dream . |
| 4 | The campaign petered out when it became obvious that the Government was not going to budge . |
| 5 | The track wound past one last stand of trees , then petered out as it reached a wide , open space at the top of the hill . |
| 6 | We certainly found out when it happened . |
| 7 | It stopped abruptly when it saw Rosie , an uncertainty shadowing its haunted eyes . |
| 8 | I believe the denial of the PSI report and the furore it caused occurred precisely because it managed to get beneath the surface of police culture to explore the deep structures of belief and to comment adversely about their influence on police activities . |
| 9 | The shuttle trembled violently as it accelerated along the runway . |
| 10 | But the Escort did n't stop , it came on until it blocked the road completely and before I could react , my door had been pulled open and a warrant card thrust in my face . |
| 11 | ‘ We came together because it looked as if he was going to try to take my line to the corner . |
| 12 | We told the truth , the country deserved better than it got , and Labour would keep striving to create a country better in spirit and soul , he said , appealing for the party to retain in defeat the unity and vitality it showed in the campaign . |
| 13 | The devaluation of the dollar in 1971 and the oil crisis which came soon after it ushered in high unemployment and economic stagnation [ Beckerman , 1979 ; Blackaby , 1979 ] . |
| 14 | The jump in share prices was comparable to yesterday 's but the euphoria quickly ebbed away as it dawned on investors that — in terms of the immediate prospects — not much had changed and what had changed was not entirely for the better . |
| 15 | About four hours came home when it rained and then it stayed dry |
| 16 | It rained in the sky , in long streaky sheets , but the rain dried up before it reached the ground . |
| 17 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 18 | ‘ Then the mist came nearer until it reached a man and an eagle and before her eyes they turned to stone and were raised up as a single standing stone , to point up into the sky . |
| 19 | ‘ I only came here because it coincided with the match . ’ |
| 20 | She 'd perhaps take the plugs out dinnertime when she got home when it had stopped . |
| 21 | The Austrians joined in because it seemed to them the best way to avoid a resuscitation of ‘ big Bulgaria ’ . |
| 22 | The scale of the problems facing Mr Major worsened yesterday as it became clear the Danes want even more concessions over Maastricht . |
| 23 | It climbed slightly as it neared us — so that he could see the indicator lights on the roof rack of the car , I suppose — then it dipped a wing and dropped abruptly to the ice . |
| 24 | My family were n't wealthy , could n't have afforded to send me away till it was over , could n't have kept it secret , so perhaps it 's just as well it turned out as it did . |
| 25 | … imagine a fairy chain stretched from mountain peak to mountain peak , as far as the eye could reach , and paid out until it touched the ‘ high places ’ of the earth at a number of ridges , banks , and knowls . |
| 26 | She snatched up one of the spears racked handy beside the hearth , and her father ducked fast as it slashed just over his head into a tapestry hanging above the fire , cut a two-foot gash in Saint Peter 's side and raised a shower of sparks . |
| 27 | Now the rattle and roar of the tube faded abruptly as it surfaced into bright sunlight . |
| 28 | The wind sighed again as it swept through the ruined temple , and a little shudder went through Caroline . |
| 29 | Well , we thought he 'd gone out , but apparently he must have got to the door just as the bomb landed , and the blast blew the door backwards , er the door inwards , knocked me dad backwards and at the back of him we had a cellar , but it went through this , the cellar door and although it turned round before it went down the cellar , he finished up down there because we did n't know this til after a while that me brother wou did n't offer to go out , so I went out think , to find where me dad was you see . |
| 30 | Successfully , for the whirlybird changed direction , heading straight for them , and Travis backed off , returning to the hut in time to shield her from the cloud of sand the machine whipped up as it landed . |