Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [adv] [that] " in BNC.

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1 On September 17 Izvestiya reported that the situation had " normalized " , but it became clear later that the dangers had not been fully appreciated at the time due to a lack of sophisticated monitoring equipment .
2 It came so fast that she hardly knew what had happened .
3 It seemed clear then that there would be delayed shock-effects — unpredictable , perhaps quite irrational — at deeper levels of the body politic .
4 It seemed all right that this sad and trembling body should lie in his arms .
5 It seemed long ago that she had left her teenage years behind and faced college and a job with determination .
6 It happened so fast that Mike was left with his arm still outstretched , towards the dinner-jacketed body of his brother .
7 It happened so fast that her mind went into a spin , and she reeled dizzily , her gaze unfocused .
8 The next few gybes were the first I had ever done with speed all the way through the turn , in fact , it happened so quickly that I could n't change the rig fast enough — so then I had to work on the rig change .
9 It borrowed so heavily that the greater part of its peacetime revenue was mortgaged to service and repay its debt .
10 It grinned so broadly that both ends almost met behind its head .
11 In theory , it takes a few seconds for the machine to recognize a new card , but in practice it worked so fast that when I inserted the Flash RAM card and typed ‘ dir A ’ , the machine responded instantly with a list of the card 's contents .
12 It hurt even more that friends like Tolkien , to whom he had dedicated The Screwtape Letters , could not respond to Lewis 's effusions as ‘ Everyman 's Theologian ’ .
13 At sea it rolled so violently that passengers on upper decks were far less ill than those in the special saloon .
14 ‘ It is amazing when it works — in the Scottish Open in February against Eva Webster it went so well that I near enough knocked both of us out . ’
15 It went so well that the consultancy is now planning to hold more top notch dinners at Cottons .
16 It proved yet again that despite the Di ‘ love tapes ’ controversy the Princess is still the jewel in the Royal crown .
17 The book traced back the history of the Teutons to an infinitely remote period : and it proved once more that the original German-Teuton race was the true creator of European civilisation .
18 It did so well that the King gave a charter to the ‘ gentlemen adventuring into Hudson 's Bay ’ which allowed them a monopoly of trade in the whole area of the rivers and streams running into the Bay .
19 It emerged much later that the first casualties had been on Thursday night — Konserven , one at Gleiwitz , six at Hohnlinden — who had been dressed as Polish soldiers and shot .
20 It appeared so unexpectedly that it seemed to leap out of the ground .
21 It looked very attractive until it was washed , when it stretched so appallingly that it reached to her knees !
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