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

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1 An eye movement period started and after it had persisted for 10 minutes , cold water was sprayed on his back .
2 There was no effect on my mind at all , but my body felt as though it had been in the sun too long .
3 A recent national survey by a leading High Street chain store showed that when it comes to Merseystyle , it 's pinstripes for the day and the ‘ tarty ’ look at night .
4 A recent national survey by a leading High Street chain store showed that when it comes to female Merseystyle , it 's pinstripes for the day and the ‘ tarty ’ look at night .
5 The bell boomed as though it came from the bowels of the earth .
6 When you touched it with the edge of your hand , your skin felt as though it had become attached so that you were in danger of becoming a part of Mrs Parvis 's table for ever .
7 Her whole world felt as though it had just been rocked on its axis by the announcement , so that for long silent seconds she could only stare at him with pain in her eyes .
8 Nurse Motley said that when it appeared that Kayley was about to suffer another respiratory attack , she had administered oxygen while Allitt had opened the door and called for the cardiac arrest team .
9 When he started school , she only had to look after him before school started and after it finished , so she took on a part-time job as a lunch-time playground supervisor at the same school .
10 But a report issued last year by the National Radiological Protection Board concluded that although it encouraged further research , there was no reason to link power cables with cancer .
11 No material was found , and the Home Office insisted that if it had been it would not have been made public .
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