Example sentences of "it [vb past] [coord] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relatively cheap and rapid transportation it provided and the elasticity of capacity the companies boasted gave a powerful boost to the mass holiday-making industry . |
| 2 | Then it moved and a man stepped out in front of her . |
| 3 | Another problem is the sheer eclecticism of progressive rock , both in terms of the variety of sources on which it drew and the range of styles contained within the genre . |
| 4 | We can examine individual finds or groups of them in different ways , depending on how the find was made , the area in which it occurred or the problem on which it might throw light . |
| 5 | At night , at certain seasons , it glowed like fire , sometimes it seemed but the portal of a well-lighted hall ; and one old stone-breaker declared he had heard wonderful music issuing therefrom , the like of which he had never heard before ; while on one occasion he had seen troops of gaily-dressed elfins repairing thither , some on foot and some in carriages , and they all went into this mysterious hall . |
| 6 | Throughout his career he seemed to be around when it happened but the finger of accusation rarely pointed in his direction . |
| 7 | Cos I remember it rained and the caravan nearly came in the river . |
| 8 | A forest fire in the dead woods , and then it rained and the smoke stopped . |
| 9 | It opened and the MP appeared . |
| 10 | and er the second door on , you , it opened and the doctor came out and called for the next person to come in , she did n't look to be above forty year old |
| 11 | It turned and the door opened . |
| 12 | it 's there it started and the rest of it was all a beaten track like what was going to . |
| 13 | It was here when it started and the ward was empty and I 've watched it fill up , and now I 'm watching it empty again . |
| 14 | It worked and the club returned a small profit . |
| 15 | I was always surrounded by strong images — the image of the café , how it looked and the service it provided . |
| 16 | What was happening to my body — not only the changes brought about by puberty , but the fact that the clothes it wore and the food it consumed were chosen for it by someone else — was a metaphor for what was happening to me as a whole person . |
| 17 | Then it eased and the sound dropped down the register . |
| 18 | It fitted and the door swung open . |
| 19 | While ‘ The Prophet ’ was asleep , a violent rainstorm swept across the countryside but when it ended and the farmer went to see how the fugitive minister had fared , he found that , miraculously , an area around the sleeping man had been left untouched by the rain . |