Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wind sighed again as it swept through the ruined temple , and a little shudder went through Caroline . |
| 2 | When these resumed on Jan. 31 the Croatian delegation walked out after it had failed to secure the exclusion of the JNA from the negotiations . |
| 3 | The light speeded up as it got closer to you , but took ages to do the first part of the journey . |
| 4 | A strong wind sang sadly as it bent the trees in front of the Hall . |
| 5 | Successfully , for the whirlybird changed direction , heading straight for them , and Travis backed off , returning to the hut in time to shield her from the cloud of sand the machine whipped up as it landed . |
| 6 | The campaign petered out when it became obvious that the Government was not going to budge . |
| 7 | The poll tax failed completely when it came to people 's ability to pay . |
| 8 | It rained in the sky , in long streaky sheets , but the rain dried up before it reached the ground . |
| 9 | Now the rattle and roar of the tube faded abruptly as it surfaced into bright sunlight . |
| 10 | It is hard to explain why confidence broke precisely when it did . |
| 11 | The rain fell incessantly until it seemed they travelled through sheets of water , the old cobbled road turned into a muddy mire , sometimes dangerous with potholes , where a man could plunge waist deep in water . |
| 12 | ‘ Then the mist came nearer until it reached a man and an eagle and before her eyes they turned to stone and were raised up as a single standing stone , to point up into the sky . |
| 13 | She snatched up one of the spears racked handy beside the hearth , and her father ducked fast as it slashed just over his head into a tapestry hanging above the fire , cut a two-foot gash in Saint Peter 's side and raised a shower of sparks . |
| 14 | The train slowed down as it reached the next station and the Punk stood up and came down the aisle towards them . |
| 15 | In a White Paper issued shortly after it came to office , the new Conservative administration reviewed the development of the PES system to date and argued that there should be regular in-depth reviews of spending programmes , on both a departmental and an interdepartmental basis . |
| 16 | The two and a half second ticking sequence sounded exactly as it had done in the sonar room . |
| 17 | The dragon 's tail whipped around as it passed and caught him a stinging blow across the forehead . |
| 18 | My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State asked today whether it supported banding but received no answer . |
| 19 | The dog 's tail speeded up till it seemed to thump out a quick cloud of dust from the rag rug . |
| 20 | Perhaps if he were to send her money … but the thought died almost before it had crossed his mind . |
| 21 | The row blew over as it did for Kurt Weinburg , who was taken out by an older friend for a night on the town . |
| 22 | Little puffs of gas jetted out as it turned around and searched the sky for a new target . |
| 23 | In prosecutions for many other crimes , for instance assault , testimony varied more because it built on actual incidents . |
| 24 | Sitting there they could see the whole world spread out until it reached the sky , and whatever there was all the world over was with them in Galleons Lap . |
| 25 | The shuttle trembled violently as it accelerated along the runway . |
| 26 | We told the truth , the country deserved better than it got , and Labour would keep striving to create a country better in spirit and soul , he said , appealing for the party to retain in defeat the unity and vitality it showed in the campaign . |
| 27 | Despite the restyling , underneath the RV8 is still an MGB ; the car the company killed off when it closed the MG factory at Abingdon 11 years ago . |
| 28 | First its propeller blade broke off after it hit a rock , then it got caught in currents so strong it could n't move in a straight line . |
| 29 | On 5 July they set sail with a fair wind , but the adventure ended almost before it had begun for , 120 miles [ 192 km ] off the coast of Brittany , the little taskforce was challenged by the 60-gun Lion . |
| 30 | After his return to the ward Mr Reynolds ' temperature rose slowly until it reached 37 C. On the first post-operative morning his temperature was above normal limits ( 37.8 C ) . |