Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the life of her she could n't say the expected thing and it hurt with surprising depth that this man had known her father when she herself had not known him at all . |
| 2 | The Renault five turbo going down the road and had a crash and it split in two did n't it ? |
| 3 | This is the gentlest of expressions of authority , but it could scarcely be firmer ; and it fell on willing ears . |
| 4 | To a certain extent turnover follows that of the cash market in government securities : it rose in 1987 following the start of the new trading arrangements for gilt-edged securities and it fell in 1988 and 1989 when government accounts moved into surplus and there was a cessation of new issues . |
| 5 | And it crept in deeper and up |
| 6 | Pressure on sterling resumed in New York late on Tuesday night after mounting speculation that the UK Treasury was extremely reluctant to raise base rates ahead of next week 's Conservative party conference , and it continued in financial markets in the Far East . |
| 7 | When the war was over , an overhead inspection tower was fitted to its roof , and it continued in this role until superseded by car 31 ( 754 ) in 1934 . |
| 8 | It used to be important because it made it more difficult to score with groin kicks , and it led to narrow stances with the leading foot turned inwards . |
| 9 | The remainder of Ireland became known as the Free State of Eire , but disagreement about that partition of Ireland became an inflamed issue within the Free State , and it led to bloody civil war there , after 50,000 British troops were withdrawn , in 1922 . |
| 10 | And it led to all sorts of ‘ self-management agreements ’ between enterprises on the reallocation of foreign exchange . |
| 11 | The policy became known under the slogan ‘ Wandel durch Annäherung ’ ( encouraging change through rapprochement ) and it led to huge financial subsidies to one of the most brutal regimes in Europe , considerably increasing the standard of living in East Germany and thus legitimising the absurd claims of Honecker and Ulbricht to have created ‘ real existing socialism ’ . |
| 12 | It was a huge success , stage and film versions were made of it , and it led to thousands of unwilling boys being dressed in black velvet suits . |
| 13 | Recognition of this new client awareness came fairly late and it served to liven the ‘ flats versus houses ’ debate at the end of the 1930s and into the 1940s . |
| 14 | A runner since the early fifties , Hugh had an 18-month spell of injury in 1988 , and when he started training again his weight had gone from 11 stone to 12st 4lb — ‘ and it felt like 16 stone when I was out running ’ . |
| 15 | He kissed my mouth , and it felt like warm butterflies brushing my lips , softly , quickly , and then it was gone . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Once they got there , however , they found the police would not allow them onto the tarmac with the welcoming VIPs and it looked at one point as though they were not going to get any pictures . |
| 18 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 19 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 20 | Airdrie and Falkirk clashed in the First Division 's match of the day last Saturday , the home side going ahead through a scrambled goal by Andy Smith in the twenty sixth minute , and it looked like that was going to be enough for two points . |
| 21 | AFTER A couple of years on the indie circuit , Arista signed The Hollow Men , releasing their ‘ Cresta ’ album late last year , and it looked like these hard-working Leeds-based popsters were ready to step up a league and move on to a new , higher profile . |
| 22 | The rain had soaked into his cloak as he slept , and it hung in heavy damp folds on his shoulders . |
| 23 | When you played Hammersmith a couple of years back and it got to that point in the song , I looked around and a lot of people were craning their necks , checking out how that was done . |
| 24 | We sat there and had two or three or four and it got to 11 o'clock and we had a few sandwiches and things like that , and we just sat there talking . |
| 25 | I 've brought him , I 've brought him at half five , because I was at the bus stop , leaning on the lamp-post and it was about twenty five past , and then he did n't come along to the next stop by and it got to twenty five |
| 26 | and it lasted about thirty . |
| 27 | And it lasted about three quarters an hour , and it all damped down . |
| 28 | Cos I 've still got a bit of a throat and it said for sore throats too if you want . |
| 29 | Untaught , he did what he could ; and it seemed to many of his colleagues , professionals or not , that he sometimes played at it , doing the things he thought secret agents did , even when they were unnecessary . |
| 30 | This had been Sam 's first day out since the birth of Jennifer , and it seemed to all on board that the good Lord was smiling upon them and giving a sign of His blessing upon the marriage . |