Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] it [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , these statistics are crude , but they strongly suggest a world in which war may often have seemed prohibitively expensive , especially once it came to be realised that Æthelred 's military operations tended to be unsuccessful . |
| 2 | Later in the twelfth century Vladimir became the capital and leading city of the area and continued so until it succumbed to the Tartars . |
| 3 | A picture of the American family began to be glimpsed as a super-mobile group that could get together to grill a hamburger only if it drove to the appointment . |
| 4 | Leskov was prepared to accept the utility of the term " liberal " , but only if it referred to advocates of moderation . |
| 5 | The Austrians joined in because it seemed to them the best way to avoid a resuscitation of ‘ big Bulgaria ’ . |
| 6 | The Regional Railways order made waves not only because it went to a newcomer in train-building . |
| 7 | The Regional Railways order made waves not only because it went to a newcomer in train-building . |
| 8 | In so far as the system worked — some disputes were settled , some crimes fully atoned for — it did so because it accommodated to the plastic and multifarious notions of justice obtaining within a small group of men , known to each other from youth up , often related by marriage , who had to reckon on continuing to live as neighbours after the case was over . |
| 9 | But that was not enough when it came to the Maastricht debate . |
| 10 | But they put their foot down when it came to maths and they caught me grappling with the colour scheme of a kestrel . |
| 11 | However , Wyllie soon found that he and Whetton were not exactly compatible , especially when it came to matters tactical , and during the 1990 tour of France , Wyllie turned the more often to Brewer for tactical analysis . |
| 12 | especially when it came to humping it into the van the A L O was nowhere to be found . |
| 13 | Then , as now , people were at a loss to help the whales back to deep water , and even more so when it came to explaining the phenomenon . |
| 14 | So when it came to er I have n't really asked you whether you found the process of selling painful . |
| 15 | And today the Executive admitted it could do better when it came to grounds maintenance in that area of the city . |
| 16 | I had to pay to have them work as fast as they did , only I did n't want my friend 's grave marked with just a cross in the sand for any longer than it had to be . |
| 17 | It was a dirty trick to put it into to poor Mary Lou 's desk said Jean , she ca n't help being scared of things I suppose , she almost jumped out of her skin when she saw it , I should of thought any joker in our form would of been decent enough to popped it into say Alicia 's desk , not if it happened to be Alicia who popped it in said a sly voice , you do so love playing tricks do n't you Alicia ? |
| 18 | I did not know whom I might meet there , and cramped as I as I did not fancy my chances at running away if it came to a straight chase on a hard surface . |
| 19 | The reason why absenteeism was non-existent on Thursdays was not just because it happened to be pay day . |
| 20 | In a White Paper issued shortly after it came to office , the new Conservative administration reviewed the development of the PES system to date and argued that there should be regular in-depth reviews of spending programmes , on both a departmental and an interdepartmental basis . |
| 21 | I 've got first hand experience of this , since the unit Epson provided for review had obviously been in use elsewhere before it got to me , and there was toner flying free from the part-used cartridge . |
| 22 | ‘ Not as it happened to your people , in one immense disaster . |
| 23 | There was no mention anywhere of Morpurgo or Mrs Diamond by name , nor hint in anything Harry read that all was not as it appeared to be . |
| 24 | It began to matter to Philip that Richard was a ‘ natural ’ : just as it mattered to the boy himself . |
| 25 | Soon as it came to the end of the quarter |
| 26 | Virtually all of this information was routinely destroyed as soon as it ceased to be useful ( for example , once a set of negotiations had been terminated or a product discontinued ) . |
| 27 | He did have street cunning , most if it aimed to keeping himself a mystery . |
| 28 | Basically you 'd er just stand back and ha Actually in my platoon of fifty men it happened to me more than it happened to anybody else because I came from Glasgow . |
| 29 | Now the eighteen-forties sees the development of manufacturing process , clothes are getting easier and easier to make , cheaper and cheaper , so fashion is changing faster because people can afford to , whereas in earlier times , if you wore a woollen dress , it had been you know , you know , somebody had done the sheep for you , had spun the wool and woven the wool and you were damned if you were going to take this dress off until it fell to pieces round you . |
| 30 | ‘ Therefore the problem that had emerged in 1985 has come as a considerable shock to us and I would say that the present directors of Mogul Ireland — ourselves — have acted promptly , decisively and responsibly since it came to our attention . |