Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | I felt very down , but once he began to need my milk it seemed worthwhile and I gradually began to produce a little more at each pumping . |
2 | That was bad enough , but when he told my daughter it started three weeks after they married and lasted until three months ago , she threw him out and she 's changed the locks of the house and says she will divorce him . |
3 | " I 'm not saying that it started off to be one , but in my view it became fraudulent pretty Soon . |
4 | During the first six months of its existence it recorded 156 combats and seventeen confirmed victories ; most of these at Verdun , where it fought intermittently from May to Though still only partially fledged , the Lafayette 's direct contribution to the Battle of Verdun had been significant ; but this was nothing to what , indirectly , its presence there did for the French cause . |
5 | But as time passed and the Stewards had still not delivered their decision it became obvious that the matter was not so clearcut . |
6 | In carrying through its programme it honoured certain political debts , especially to the miners [ Morgan , 1984 ] . |
7 | Unfortunately , this was short-lived and it folded in 1884 having been torn asunder by internal dissensions , but before its collapse it inaugurated two important undertakings , the Stockton-on-Tees Mission and the Ayrshire Mission to the Deaf and Dumb . |
8 | By 1852 the Court was established in the form which it was to retain until 1870 , and from its inception it became clear that this was not only a new Court but a new type of court . |
9 | She lay perfectly still , knowing that when the light , filmy shift settled over her body it revealed more than it hid . |
10 | Under her leadership it became one of the most respected periodicals in the field . |
11 | His orgasms seemed to him to be perfectly genuine , but once Maisie had an idea in her head it proved difficult to shift . |
12 | In the first month of its operation it received 280 inquiries ; but commenting on this figure , a spokesman said : ‘ We expect a dramatic increase in inquiries once head teachers come back from holiday and examine the information we have sent them ’ . |
13 | In the course of its report it made several suggestions as to reform of the law to increase the availability of credit by removing what were perceived to be legal handicaps : Specifically , the Banking Commission recommended changes in the law of security . |
14 | As The Lord of the Rings was coming to the end of its gestation it became possible for the first time for political leaders to say they wanted nothing and make it come true . |
15 | So , if an exemption clause was part of the contract and if on its wording it excused one party from a given liability , then the court had to give effect to the clause , i.e. that party ( usually the seller ) had a valid defence . |
16 | In 1908 however when Mr. Vernon S. Lovell presented his trophy it comprised two pewter quart pots and two George III candlesticks to be played for in a bogey handicap competition . |
17 | Even before his accident it seemed doubtful that my aunt would ever have a child of her own . |
18 | In his view it divided young from old by its suggestion that only young people study . |
19 | But when I bent down on some pretext and could see into his face it seemed possible that he was laughing at himself as well as flustered . |
20 | He gave it the blood of his face it grew eager |