Example sentences of "a [noun] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.

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31 For a time it seemed that Christie 's had the inside track — they offered the Sharp apartment for sale in the late autumn of 1992 .
32 Gower , in at No. 5 , was left 18 not out , and for a time it seemed that the match had been swung .
33 For a time it seemed as though the white working class had vanished .
34 In February 1973 an eruption suddenly burst out on the tiny island of Heimaey , and for a time it seemed as though the town of Heimaey , Iceland 's biggest fishing port , would be destroyed .
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