Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [adv] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | A final glance at the cavity bed reassured her that it looked just as it should . |
| 2 | I suppose it was because we know he 's been highly-strung lately — his peculiar behaviour at the airport , for a start — that it took longer than it should have done for me to think over properly what had happened . |
| 3 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 4 | They 're bound to take to Filmer too , you know how civilized he can seem , and I do n't suppose news of the trial got much attention here since it collapsed almost before it began . |
| 5 | It seemed bigger than the sun and it sailed with a peculiar swiftness up into the heavens , growing paler and brighter as it did so until it lit up the plain with a dull , yellow light . |