Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [subord] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the campaign opened , it was not immediately obvious which particular issues the parties would choose to stress ; but by the middle of the campaign it was clear that the Conservatives were focusing on defence issues where their policy was so much more popular than Labour 's , if only because it seemed so much simpler to explain . |
| 2 | Although not strictly speaking within the scope of this book , since it is an entirely artificial substance , enamel needs to be mentioned if only because it served as an alternative to natural stones in enriching jewellery and other symbolic objects . |
| 3 | Bush , who was Vice-President at the time of the operation , and Gates , who was deputy director of the CIA , had both denied any knowledge of the operation until shortly before it became public in November 1986 . |
| 4 | Nield , J , was unable so to hold for two reasons — ( 1 ) since the Counter-Inflationary Order made under the powers of the Act preserved the lease as lawful and valid though prohibiting payment of rent above the standard rate , and ( 2 ) since even if it had been otherwise the plaintiffs ' contract for payment for professional services was not an agreement collateral to the lease so as to be tainted by any illegality in the lease if such illegality had existed . |
| 5 | Then it was possible for the expert to pick out a glazed tile , though only if it had sunk at the correct angle to the river bed . |
| 6 | So as soon as it began to move back , I gave it the biggest push I could manage . |
| 7 | He considered the Shah an autocrat , not a dictator ; a dictator would have crushed the clerical unrest as soon as it began to appear , and the Shah had not . |
| 8 | And they resented the cliche of representing the success of the band by a series of brief musical sequences alternating with shots of trains , because their clapping accompaniment was interrupted as soon as it began . |
| 9 | It is clear that the relative positions of Geological Magazine and Proceedings of the Geologists Association have declined in the proportion of thesis-related material published , and that the Scottish Journal of Geology became the primary vehicle for first publication of research results derived from Ph D theses in Scottish geology as soon as it began publishing in 1965 . |
| 10 | It is clear that the relative positions of Geological Magazine and Proceedings of the Geologists Association have declined in the proportion of thesis-related material published , and that the Scottish Journal of Geology became the primary vehicle for first publication of research results derived from Ph D theses in Scottish geology as soon as it began publishing in 1965 . |
| 11 | There were recluses in this age , like St Romuald who resigned the archbishopric of Ravenna almost as soon as it had been thrust upon him by Otto III in order to lead a life of private prayer and asceticism . |
| 12 | Yet all incoming data was rejected as soon as it had been acted upon . |
| 13 | Although , if we wish to test the depth of these mid-Victorian fears and also to judge the constancy of the vocabularies of reaction , then we must edge back a few years to an episode that would bring back flogging as a judicial punishment almost as soon as it had been abolished . |
| 14 | Here , it is enough to note that the adoption , largely at Owen 's prompting , by the trade union movement of the strategic objective of organising manufacturing industry in industrial co-operatives , of adopting Co-operation for its own sake so as to make a revolutionary change in the constitutional structure of society , ended almost as soon as it had begun . |
| 15 | Leaving the lanterns in the passage they dragged the boat down over cloths to muffle the sound , and as soon as it had been launched and the oars shipped , Sir Gregory turned to Father Timothy . |
| 16 | In the event M. 's solicitors received a copy of the committal order as soon as it had been sealed and , in addition , a copy was sent to the prison governor . |
| 17 | It was gone as soon as it had come and he re-established his public gaze . |
| 18 | As soon as it had been fired from the Simonova the pod would have started to broadcast a signal and , since the crew of the survey ship could not fail to be aware that a pod had been discharged , and that it was occupied , he supposed that his descent had been tracked and that someone at least knew where he was to be found . |
| 19 | Then as soon as it had come , his anger subsided and he smiled . |
| 20 | It was over as soon as it had happened , and as he turned in panic he could see that in reality she was exactly as before … except that she was looking at him now in a way that was more detached , stepping back as if to observe whatever he was going to do next . |
| 21 | Alexei remembered how Tulagai and Targoutai had fawned on Siban before Nogai had been elected Kha-Khan , and how they had voiced their support for Nogai , their own half-brother , as soon as it had become apparent that he had Burun 's vote . |
| 22 | Those of the junior staff who could provide a satisfactory alibi were allowed home as soon as it had been checked ; one by one and with some reluctance at missing the excitements to come they went their way . |
| 23 | In the congested space few bullets could have missed their mark and the slaughter would probably have continued but for the presence of mind of the officer in charge of the war drums , who ordered them to beat the signal for silence , when the madness ceased as soon as it had arisen . |
| 24 | If he were to defeat a Labour government as soon as it had taken office , the Liberals would be accused of frivolity in precipitating an unnecessary election , especially if Labour contented itself with moderate policies as it intended to do . |
| 25 | I can recall one memorable evening when we met in the Pathfinder Club just as soon as it had opened in the evening ; I was attached to the Air Ministry at the time and it was very soon after the war as we still wore uniform . |
| 26 | These last months , the women have taken it over , giving birth in the annexe and taking and bricking the babe up as soon as it breathed , and before it got found and eaten . |
| 27 | All around it the bloodstained undergrowth lay broken and flattened by its struggles , and as soon as it saw him , the animal lowered its needle-sharp horns that had grown in its prime to a length of nearly three feet . |
| 28 | The Polish government set about a land reform as soon as it felt able . |
| 29 | The school-leaving age — without the exceptions opposed in 1936 by the Local Education Authorities , the National Union of Teachers , Harold Macmillan , Walter Citrine of the TUC , and ( of course ) William Temple — was to be raised to fifteen on 1 April 1947 , and to sixteen as soon as it became practicable ( which , in the event , was not until I had completed my teaching career in secondary schools ) . |
| 30 | As soon as it became clear that Miss Trunchbull had completely disappeared from the scene , the excellent Mr Trilby was appointed Head Teacher in her place . |