Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 160 to the end of the second century , and it meant that these defences could not possibly have been erected before AD 160 . |
| 2 | The Maud Committee thought half a dozen should be enough and it followed that each committee would be concerned with a wider range of matters than the existing committees . |
| 3 | They fought for an hour and it seemed that neither would have the mastery . |
| 4 | Despite the market uncertainties and many other problems there were a number who had made great strides and it seemed that many would succeed . |
| 5 | I thought of Angela Brickell 's death and of the attacks on Harry and me and it seemed that all three had had one purpose , which was to keep things as they were . |
| 6 | I took 2 days off work before my baby was born , and on the third day my life suddenly changed and it seemed that all of my well laid plans would go to waste . |
| 7 | But outside the house on this Sunday morning the usual gossip was forgotten , for Max Klein 's new motor-car was parked at the Rabbi 's front door and it seemed that half the community had gathered to wonder at it . |
| 8 | Robert himself disappeared , and it seemed that Scottish attempts at independence had yet again been humbled . |
| 9 | It then , in October , expressed its concern that a high proportion of courses in subjects other than business studies were being turned down , and it suggested that one of the reasons making it difficult for such courses to be approved might be that ‘ the Council 's present structure of honours and ordinary degrees was not so appropriate for courses in those fields ’ as in science and technology . |
| 10 | and it grown and that 's it , no , they 've got ta bombard it with chemicals and all sorts , they want more and more but what 's the good of producing more and more , but all these people all over the world dying of hunger |
| 11 | This was intended to make the turn radius smaller and It worked as long as there was a strong wind . |
| 12 | The work was heart-breaking because of the shortage of homes and it showed that many old people were living in distress . |
| 13 | As a consequence , limited use was made of the microcomputers that were already installed in other EPHs , and it appeared that many officers were dissatisfied with the situation . |
| 14 | Compass arcs were only rarely seen , for example , and it appeared that many of the drawings had been obtained by trial and error . |
| 15 | Although Tramways Nos. 2 , 3 , 4 and 5 of the 1902 Act , the Mitcham Sutton line , were accepted , there was much objection from frontagers , particularly at the Sutton end and it appeared that single track would be necessary at Rose Hill , where the road was in a cutting . |