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

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1 Packets leaving the wrapping machine still passed over the checkweigher as before but now , instead of merely passing or rejecting each pack , the computer captured the data it measured and performed various analyses including the average weight and standard deviation for each hour .
2 When I consulted a textbook it seemed that these were nuchal organs , important in food detection .
3 One of Gilbert 's gloves flew off , and the next time his hand hit the floor it stuck and began to sink into the carpet pile .
4 He worked out where The Bar was on his maps , and then checked this perspective against the actual view — from where he saw the city it looked like The Bar was right in the middle of it , not hidden away at all like it was on the map .
5 When I saw the negative it looked as though she had a dog 's head on her shoulders .
6 She smiled trustingly at him and his heart melted the way it did when his small nieces slipped their hands into his when he took them out .
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