Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [adj] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I better shut this before it gets wrecked !
2 However , we soon stopped smiling when it started to rain and the wind got up ; the sealant , which had n't yet hardened , started to dilute , and one by one the secondary glazing panels were blown in. the wind started to blow bubbles in the gooey sealant , which then floated around the room , only to burst and leave a sticky mess on the carpets and furniture .
3 Kent already used one and it improved this , which in turn was used as the model by the NFER .
4 After Rent 's execution the regime probably felt confident that it had overcome its enemies .
5 At dawn one spring morning a heavily loaded freight train , headed by a pre-war 2 — 8 — 0 locomotive , was running out of steam owing to a badly clinkered fire-bed as it approached Brook End signal box .
6 Portadown however remained dangerous and it took a superb block from Michael Smyth to deny Cunningham after brilliant work from Martin Russell on the left .
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