Example sentences of "[conj] [subord] it [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disorganised French industry was slow to get into gear , and when it did it committed the traditional error — not emulated by the Germans — of having too many models . |
| 2 | In the egg with the sun was a goose , and when it emerged it flew honking away : the first sound of this world . |
| 3 | and when it arrived it turned out to be a donation from the Lord Mayor 's charity . |
| 4 | Liza Alther 's bestselling novel Kinflicks was rejected at least fifty times before it found a home , but when it did it earned her enough money to enable her to devote herself full-time to writing . |
| 5 | It looked awful at first — so bad it was wonderful — but as it dried it revealed an incredible gradient of colour . ’ |
| 6 | At first it was a long , gentle kiss , but as it deepened it caused Lucy 's heart to thump and her breath to quicken . |