Example sentences of "[vb pp] and it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I got caught and it took six policemen to hold me down .
2 I already have an estimate from Woodlands Incorporated and it seemed satisfactory to me . "
3 It was the first show of emotion she had made and it did more to make Wexford believe her story than all the documentary evidence she had furnished him with .
4 Charlie 's office was small and poky and lightless and overcrowded , but the number of possible hiding places was limited and it seemed that she-d tried them all .
5 but over the years it 's got loose and you 've probably fiddled and it did broken
6 The radiocarbon discrepancy was confirmed and it became clear that radiocarbon results would need to be calibrated to convert them to calendar ages .
7 After a prolonged course of elemental diet an elimination diet was repeated and it became evident that he was profoundly sensitive to salicylate .
8 While Labour increased both its percentage of the vote and its Members of Parliament , the Liberal share of votes declined and it broke even on the ratio of seats lost and gained and because of its dubious victory in Cheltenham .
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