Example sentences of "it [vb past] [conj] [vb past] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the course of time it cooled and acquired an atmosphere from the emission of gases from the rocks .
2 The major one is that the wing , had it been left there , would have snagged on the underside of the Kilcharran as it surfaced and tilted the fuselage , maybe to so acute an angle as to make access to this damned bomb difficult or impossible . ’
3 It overheated and melted the plastic cover .
4 What crisis ? ’ statement — may have been , in his eyes , a rational assessment of the situation and the media 's tendency to exaggerate , but it ignored and misjudged the impact of media imagery and , consequently , the public 's desire for reassurance and for the problem to be ‘ resolved , .
5 Though it was relatively unsuccessful it confirmed and strengthened the trade union connection with the Labour Party in much the same way as the Taff Vale judgement had acted as an annealing force between the trade unions and the Labour Representation Committee in 1901 .
6 Believing in her heart of hearts that Nancy would soften towards her and the child once it arrived and made a niche in her heart .
7 It allowed and encouraged the possibility of longer-term co-operation with business and property development , which has in the past proved more difficult to achieve with locally elected councils , through which other interests may achieve higher levels of representation .
8 So she lay still , prone , trying to catch the sound of her breathing before it escaped and gave the game away .
9 As it slowed and turned the woman driver leaned out and waved .
10 It examined and rejected the proposition that a general right of privacy should be legally recognised , pointing out that this was not the way in which English law had in recent centuries sought to protect the main democratic rights of citizens — neither the right of free speech nor the right of free assembly being embodied in statute law , for example .
11 It worked and halted the attack .
12 Without a word she folded it shut and laid the pencil flat beside it .
13 Mr. Ault frankly admitted to me that the plaintiff had brought these proceedings instead , in order to avoid paying compensation under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 if it altered or withdrew the consent .
14 It flipped and spun a number of times , fuel spilling out of the damaged left wing — the aircraft was doomed .
15 It hissed and spat a spray of hot fat onto his bare stomach .
16 The fourth started out the same way , then it stretched and lifted an octave .
17 It absorbed and demonstrated the relevance of a particularly modern , even insurgent , current of thought ; it combined the seductiveness of the intellectually advanced with the supposed certainty of prosperous results .
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