Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] it [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 You have no idea what a surge of adrenalin it caused when our crowd burst into voice like that , then gave such a huge cheer when a great Craig Chalmers diagonal found touch ten metres out .
2 In the course of time it cooled and acquired an atmosphere from the emission of gases from the rocks .
3 Even with the drama of Munich and the prospect of war it seemed as though Alec Reid had not found time for the outside world .
4 In an allusion to the United States trade embargo against Cuba it added that " renewed dialogue between Cuba and the countries of the whole continent in a relaxed climate will allow changes to take place and will help to resolve current problems in accordance with international law " .
5 Unravelling this startling turn of events it transpired that due to the vagaries of the recording mechanism of answering machines my original message had sounded like ‘ died ’ not ‘ resigned ’ .
6 The government in turn accused the FMLN of compiling a dishonest inventory of the number of weapons it held and of having staged illegal land occupations after the signing of the peace treaty in order to boost its land tenure claims .
7 As late as the end of February it looked as though this was what they would have to do , and then one evening Ernest returned from a visit to Ilkley flushed with excitement .
8 By the end of August it seemed that the revolt was over .
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