Example sentences of "[to-vb] [subord] it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before long what has been described aptly by one penologist as a malfunction began to appear as it became evident that suspended sentences of imprisonment were being used in place of non-custodial penalties , especially probation orders and fines . |
| 2 | Sadly much of the animosity generated about Cochrane and Bennett originated from within No 5 Group and a great deal I was able to counter before it reached tap-room levels , I never felt I was running with the fox because I had great feeling and admiration for both these Olympian " gores , in fact , Cochrane invited me to move to No 5 Group with him when he left No 3 Group , but I declined as I was in mid-tour . |
| 3 | Berisford formerly owned British Sugar but was forced to sell when it came unstuck with property deals in the US . |
| 4 | The company had to halt as it became impossible to make any progress through the press of bodies . |
| 5 | Because their nasal openings were on the top of their heads they could even continue to breathe if it became necessary ( see p. 115 ) to totally submerge . |
| 6 | As she hesitated , she glanced at the loose page to see if it offered any clue to its rightful position in the book . |
| 7 | I decided to leave before it got dark , first thanking the Padre and his two Breton friends for their very kind hospitality . |
| 8 | But his own reasoning was different : there were questions he wanted to ask and things he wanted to consider before it became common knowledge that MacQuillan had received a threat typed on a newsroom machine . |
| 9 | Material for publication or transmission would be " reviewed before release " in the field by the military information officer in consultation with the unit commander to determine whether it contained sensitive information . |
| 10 | Many of the ordinary Panamanians who gave the general such a stinging defeat in May 's annulled elections were astonished that the US allowed the coup to collapse when it had 12,000 troops stationed around the canal . |
| 11 | The social welfare and material benefits which the imperialist state could grant to workers in Britain and Germany at the turn of the twentieth century allowed capitalism to survive because it divided Third World workers from their similarly exploited , if differently rewarded , working-class brethren in the industrialised centre of the world economy . |
| 12 | Whether Henry Eliot 's letter is still on some Home Office file or other among the seventeen miles of paper which Toynbee ( if I remember right ) calculated to comprise the total government documentation of the war , I do not know ; but some research worker may conceivably yet come upon it , and it would be interesting to learn whether it contained any apt comments . |
| 13 | The government of Taiwan announced on May 11 that the vessel was free to dock in the country but that it would not be allowed to return if it violated international law by making unauthorized broadcasts to the mainland . |
| 14 | The ceilidh was held in the stable yard of the castle but as there was no lighting , festivities had to cease when it got dark ; great to live by nature 's principles like this , but a shame to stop when it was going so well ! |
| 15 | When provincial committees produced two or even three sets of recommendations , the centre 's longstanding inclination to act as it saw fit returned in full measure . |
| 16 | Perhaps the mightiest indoor rally ever held in Britain , Mosley had no sooner begun to speak than it became clear that organised Red gangs , each hundreds strong , were occupying positions in every part of the huge arena … with the sole intention of preventing the speech being heard . |
| 17 | The plane had started to shudder as it entered some turbulence , and Myeloski was startled by it . |