Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] [adj] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Application Systems Line of Business used to work under political constraints that made sure that it did n't tread too heavily on the mainframe business . |
| 2 | The cykesound became a speck on the road , and grew bigger as it approached . |
| 3 | Highly forgetful , he is said to have put on all six shirts his wife packed for his tour and removed each as it became too dirty to wear . |
| 4 | Interest rates had already been low for twenty years when the turnpike mania began in 1750 and remained low after it ended in 1772 . |
| 5 | Payton could have completed a hat-trick a minute later but shot wide when it looked easier to score . |
| 6 | I exhibited at the exhibition for several years but abandoned this when it became clear that I could not compete with the accuracy of the machine-made product . |