Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , quite suddenly , the monkey 's body clocked kicked in and it fell asleep . |
| 2 | Some movement , the barely audible sound of a door opening and closing , then the monkey 's body clock got the better of it again and it fell asleep . |
| 3 | So he stopped and then it fell , and it fell short of the hundred pound they wanted . |
| 4 | The report concluded that the passing of information to paramilitaries did take place , but on a very limited scale , and it recommended procedural and technical improvements . |
| 5 | Its yellow eyes were looking at me ; its mouth opened and it made strange sounds at me . |
| 6 | The theory was a good scientific theory , in the sense described in Chapter 1 : it was simple and it made definite predictions that could be tested by observation . |
| 7 | Its lights flickered at random and it made odd beeping noises . |
| 8 | The new consumer durables ( TV , washing machines , refrigerators ) were much in demand , and it made sound economic sense to enjoy the use and benefit of such things at once and pay for them out of rising real incomes . |
| 9 | Wake , who has taken over from Ron Aitken , said one of BAIE 's strengths was its diversity and it made sound practice , as well as fun , to tap into the network . |
| 10 | I took the pins from my hair to dry it a bit and it sprang free . |
| 11 | Other instruments were invented which recorded the actions of the heart and the flow in the vessels , and it became possible to investigate how the whole system was regulated throughout all the different activities of life . |
| 12 | Loans were handled as the National Debt rather than the royal debt and it became possible to raise long-term loans with the authority of Parliament behind them , and even to float loans on terms which meant that the principal would never be repaid but that , because the interest would be paid regularly forever , it would be possible to treat the bond for the debt as an asset which could be bought and sold . |
| 13 | As land gradually ceased to be the major source of middle class wealth , and as salaries became more important , so marriage ceased to be an essentially dynastic settlement between two kin groups and it became possible to grant women more freedom , both emotional ( to marry whom they wished ) and legal , within marriage . |
| 14 | The very corpses were thought to be contagious ; in some parishes attempts were made to prevent their burial in consecrated ground , and it became necessary for the parson to conduct the service under cover of darkness . |
| 15 | This compromise did not last and it became necessary to appoint Lord Charnwood , President of the NID , as mediator between the BDDA and aggrieved local organisations . |
| 16 | The Town Development Act , 1952 , did not apply to Scotland and it became necessary to cope with Glasgow 's housing problem by means of a second New Town . |
| 17 | ‘ All three of us looked down the embankment and it became apparent there was a body there , ’ he said . |
| 18 | And it became apparent that the general reading public was not only prepared , but positively eager , to listen . |
| 19 | The number of insertions of Shepard ventilation tubes was recorded for each child , and it became apparent that ears treated with tubes alone required significantly more tubes ( mean 2.48 , SD 1.39 ) than those receiving tubes in combination with adenoidectomy ( 1.52 , 0.85 ; p=0.0001 ) . |
| 20 | As the election approached in the spring of 1761 , and it became certain that there would be a close contest in Perthshire , even a single vote could be of material importance , and Drummond was well aware of the strength of his own position . |
| 21 | On certain feast days , the gates of the inner sanctuary where the reliquary was kept-were opened , and it became visible , in its tabernacle behind the statue ; when they were shut , visitors had to peep through the bars : the grille was shiny where hands had gripped it on either side to get a glimpse . |
| 22 | Sharon formally submitted his resignation to the Cabinet on Feb. 18 , and it became effective two days later . |
| 23 | Although the party had secured only 8,360,000 votes compared with the 8,664,000 who voted Conservative , it had won most seats in parliament and it became inevitable that it should form a second minority government , once again relying upon Liberal Party support to keep it in office . |
| 24 | ‘ George Best ’ had confirmed the group 's status as a major outfit and it became inevitable they would soon move on from their Reception Records . |
| 25 | Her previous recording with Sir Charles Groves featured Crusell 's Second Concerto , in which she was partnered by the English Chamber Orchestra , and it became evident from our conversation that she had been especially happy to work with Sir Charles once again , in this new recording of English music for clarinet and orchestra . |
| 26 | This , in turn , brought into focus the problem of individuation , and it became evident that the success or failure of any ontological " principle of individuation " depended upon its ability to provide a satisfactory clarification of the distinction between numerical and species identity . |
| 27 | After a prolonged course of elemental diet an elimination diet was repeated and it became evident that he was profoundly sensitive to salicylate . |
| 28 | A phenomenon — Pacific chic — began to arrest the attentions of those on the dinner-party circuit , and it became desirable , nay essential , for the United States to think Pacific , be Pacific ( though with a capital ‘ P ’ ) and , above all , to develop a Pacific policy . |
| 29 | Because it is ground offensive in sand , you want to be able to see that if you 're being shot , we could n't we could n't do that , and it became questionable whether we were actually going to be able to see the ground or not , so we called it aboard . |
| 30 | And it became fashionable to market records in various editions , with alternative sound mixes and different lengths , editions pressed on coloured vinyl , editions incorporating pictures , and editions in funny shapes . |