Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [adv] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His head was cut off , buried on Tower Hill facing France in the belief that so long as it remained there , Britain would be safe from invasion . |
| 2 | So long as the House was not bound by strict party ties and so long as it had control of the major part of its own timetable , the general task of commenting on and questioning government policy was relatively simple . |
| 3 | The court quashed the Minister 's decision on the ground that he should have considered the school 's application in the wider context and not only as it affected the particular school . |
| 4 | They were both still and quiet , looking at a toad in the rough grass on the bank ; its body was swollen , its legs stiff and straight so that it stood high on its toes , looking like a little table . |
| 5 | A 53-YEAR-OLD aircraft engineer rode on the tail of a light plane out to sea off New Zealand and back yesterday after it took off without the pilot knowing he was there . |
| 6 | I could see it running in her until it overflowed , and as fast as it ran more grief took its place until the lane and the streams ran with grief and all the valley was the colour of grief . |
| 7 | And then soon after it went off and it 's never come on since . |
| 8 | And then maybe after it 'd been cut for two days , you were sent out to turn the swathes , up all you went along and you turned them and turned them . |
| 9 | Albert smiled at her but so sadly that it brought her no comfort . |
| 10 | The top was also a little long , but not so that it looked foolish . |
| 11 | She 'd been feeling sick a morning or two , but not so as it interfered with her work , and no one remarked on it . |
| 12 | Mrs Thatcher 's style of government was a major factor in bringing about her fall ; but why now when it had been a matter of controversy throughout her premiership ? |
| 13 | Peter suggested keeping on until half an hour into the rush hour but no longer as it looked like being particularly crowded today . |
| 14 | ‘ For as long as it suited you ? ’ |
| 15 | For as long as it seemed remotely relevant , the tactic never failed ; and it was easy enough to make it seem relevant in the atmosphere of international hostility of 1945 . |
| 16 | For as long as it took me to get out of range , several birds used me for bombing practice , coming so close on occasions that ducking was a necessity rather than a flamboyant gesture . |
| 17 | Her iron hand was even harder on the pastry , and affected its colour as well so that it looked dark and oppressed . |