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

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1 It said nothing about educational or cultural co-operation , it did not do anything to bring EMU nearer ( that was left to the Delors Plan ) and it effectively left foreign policy co-operation in government hands .
2 Another exception to the proposed pattern , is the 34 acre town at Caister-by-Yarmouth ; this is the only town apart from Brough-on-Humber , which occupied an exposed position on the east coast , vulnerable to sea-raiders and it probably required this protection , but it must also have had a special relationship with the nearby Saxon Shore fort at Burgh Castle .
3 In much work that was to develop within the compass of physical geography , the chronology assumed a greater significance , it required a greater knowledge of existing and recently developed dating techniques , and it thus involved close liaison with other disciplines particularly geology , biology and archaeology amongst the broadening spectrum of the earth and environmental sciences .
4 During the Sixties and Seventies the systems gradually improved , the computer parts got more powerful and cheaper and it even became possible to get some sort of an idea as to what the page might look like .
5 And it just got worse and worse .
6 ‘ Despite several rests ranging from a few days up to a whole week , I could n't shake off the injury and it just got worse .
7 That struggle shaped Germany for the subsequent two centuries and it also determined much of the shape of Europe prior to the First World War .
8 The Eezit spray was easiest to use and it also neutralised nasty smells .
9 The demand for flour continued to rise and it soon became apparent that considerable savings in both costs and labour could be effected if the repeated handling and transportation could be reduced .
10 And it soon became apparent that very little of what we did in the department would pass any objective assessment of a clearly understood and resourced process to satisfy agreed customer requirements .
11 The furnaces were far from economical in their use of charcoal and it soon became necessary to replace the heavy drain on established woodlands with the careful use of coppiced underwood .
12 Also , in the meantime , a military revolt had taken place in the Spanish army , lead by General Franco , and it soon became clear the division of the contending sides were , on the one side , The Nationalists who were strongly supported by Italy , Germany and Portugal , and on The other side , the government forces , supported by Communist Russia , which led to that side being referred to as ‘ Republicans ’ .
13 It was published on 22 July , and it soon became clear that the schools were not interested .
14 Life had not prepared him for the task , and it soon became clear that he lacked the natural shrewdness and strength of character that a Gdansk plumber was to show the Polish bosses three years later .
15 However , the directors insisted that the cashier 's records should be examined and it soon became clear that there were discrepancies in the accounts .
16 Soon after 1600 on Sunday 6 October 1990 a dramatic change in weather conditions led to hurricane-force northerly winds along the east coast of Scotland , and it soon became clear to Coastguards that a number of divers had been caught at sea .
17 The three men met , and it soon became clear that their intentions were different .
18 He 's slightly happier about ‘ Fontana ’ , the second album and the one that yielded a hit in the shape of Shine On , but personnel problems were beginning to mar the band 's outlook and it soon became common knowledge that there was wet rot in The House Of Love .
19 Our boys made intense efforts to back them up with air support , but were much hampered by consistently bad weather , and it soon became obvious that long supply lines and determined German resistance were combining to bog everyone down .
20 Bordeaux was described as a ‘ commune , by John in 1206 and it clearly possessed many rights of self-government .
21 I had witnessed Sam emptying that box many times , and it always contained several pounds , a fortune in those days .
22 And er I went six times and it never made any bloody difference .
23 And it never wandered any more after that it was seen enough of the big bad world outside .
24 I tried it out on a modest 386SX and it still felt fast on a big test database .
25 This paranoid fear of a Catholic insurrection was heightened in 1641 by the news that the Catholic Irish of Ulster had risen up in armed rebellion against the Protestant settlers of that province , and it subsequently became one of the most powerful influences motivating those who took up arms against Charles I in the civil war .
26 The needs policy was generally more concerned with children 's problems than with their potential , and it totally omitted certain kinds of needs and therefore certain kinds of children , despite its claim to be comprehensive .
27 At the time of the First World War the Shorthorn was described as the most widely distributed of all the breeds of cattle , both at home and abroad , and it far exceeded other purebreds in Britain while the great majority of commercial crossbreds also relied on Shorthorn blood .
28 The " fat " was well-spaced work , with less solid text , and it therefore took less time to set a page .
29 She cried fairly easily and it usually had some kind of effect .
30 Many of the documents in the Archives were dated either not at all ‘ or according to an incomprehensible Emorian system invented by Richard ; and it sometimes proved impossible to link the events they recorded with events in the world beyond Emor .
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