Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the statue stood in Argyle Street , it became traditional for Hogmanay revellers at Glasgow Cross to swing from the horse 's tail . |
| 2 | The remaining 90 per cent of cases remained an obstinate mystery until the middle fifties , when it became possible to culture this obscure organism on the yolk-sac of the chicken embryo . |
| 3 | When in the 1960s poverty was ‘ rediscovered ’ in the UK , it became clear from research findings that those elderly people who had occupational retirement pensions derived from their previous employment were least likely to be living in poverty , as then defined . |
| 4 | In 1984 , it became common for bail conditions , following arrests during the strike , to require those charged not to visit any premises or place for the purpose of picketing or demonstrating in connection with the current trade dispute between the NUM and the National Coal Board other than peacefully to picket or demonstrate at their usual place of employment . |
| 5 | Braintree says the southern link road was included in the package simply to push the overall cost up to a level at which it became eligible for government funding . |
| 6 | Braintree says the southern link road was included in the package simply to push the overall cost up to a level at which it became eligible for government funding . |
| 7 | A snow plough costing £170,000 made a disastrous debut when it became stuck in fivefoot drifts in Teesdale on Thursday . |
| 8 | The tapered frame of the original pattern was straightened and made broader so that it became rectangular in design . |
| 9 | The tapered frame of the original pattern was straightened and made broader so that it became rectangular in design . |
| 10 | It cost 400 to book for a night . |
| 11 | It had followed the logic of its foundation by expanding its subject and institutional frontiers , embracing studies it believed important for access to and provision of higher education , and for routes into diverse employments in industry , commerce and the professions . |
| 12 | " The copper ore of Greenburn was so fine in colour and texture that it came near to gold ! |
| 13 | Berisford formerly owned British Sugar but was forced to sell when it came unstuck with property deals in the US . |
| 14 | Their mother had warned them to beg for forgiveness when their turn came to pray to their great-grandfather 's spirit before the altar , and it seemed certain to Lan 's ten-year-old mind that if she and her brothers had angered their father so deeply they must also have offended the spirits of their illustrious ancestors too . |
| 15 | The equal opportunity for social mobility was a commonplace in the public mind but pressure of numbers began to render that equality suspect , since it seemed unequal in fact . |
| 16 | It seemed incongruous in relation to the events of the last week . |
| 17 | It seemed early for Mum to be back but I did n't think anything of it . |
| 18 | It seemed incredible to Tug that only five minutes before he had been calling her Ma and they had been grinning at each other . |
| 19 | But now , in her present jittery , restless mood , it seemed fraught with danger . |
| 20 | It seemed quiet in school today , did n't seem so many children , is there ? |
| 21 | It seemed full of sunlight , and it had an air of peace , confidence and happiness . |
| 22 | Wearying though the journey had been at the time — even humiliating in respect of his being drawn in a litter — in retrospect it seemed full of excitement , a time when one knew not what would happen next or what lay around the next corner . |
| 23 | It seemed miraculous to Kit that the old woman did not die ; that she could haul herself back to life by miracles of her own devising , or by the medicine Ariel applied . |
| 24 | My heart did not leap with joy , it turned cold with panic . |
| 25 | There were also delightful rumours that the heavy overhaul on sister No 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley would see it repainted green as No 60007 . |
| 26 | Whenever the film crew opened a cupboard in a shop to store some electrical equipment , they found it stocked high with food . |
| 27 | To liberate desire from oppression is not — could never be — a matter of resuming or regaining a desire/subjectivity as it existed prior to discrimination . |
| 28 | It swung open to darkness . |
| 29 | It is interesting and perhaps unusual that it developed first in politics but now is used more and more in commerce and industry . |
| 30 | It covered most of South Wales west to Milford Haven and north to Llandyssul , in England north to Hereford and Wolverhampton and of course the famous main line all the way to Penzance with its branches . |