Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] it [vb past] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 It struck him that it seemed weird that Leeds rejected continuous bids from Blackburn all through the season and then suddenly , out of the blue , accepted one .
2 He had been frightened somewhere in a tight locked-up place inside him because it seemed impossible that they would land safely , and the final swaying descent had made him ill .
3 Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle .
4 Jinny remembered seeing it and slipping past it because it looked complicated and she was tired .
5 She kept hold of his arm and shook it till it became elastic and extended out of its socket like a conjuror 's string of handkerchiefs .
6 Men down the hole steadied it as it became horizontal and was heaved on to the shoulders of the men , about 150 in all .
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