Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [conj] it [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm glad you mentioned that cos it was given to me by the wife of the steeplechase handicap a very important man today cos for more than |
| 2 | Walsh thought that if it was left to the others they would go on talking for ever . |
| 3 | Julia set off towards the Dorsoduro , beginning to feel really ill with a headache pounding behind her left eyebrow , smarting eyes , a rasped throat and a nose that felt as though it were stuffed with hot , wet flannel with a few pins in it , but even so she decided to give her lesson . |
| 4 | Her hair felt as though it was standing on end . |
| 5 | Her own body felt as though it was burning up with fever , and she put out an unsteady hand to touch his face . |
| 6 | It looked as though it was going to be another fine day . |
| 7 | And the Concorde looked as though it was meant to fly . |
| 8 | And the market looked as though it was gon na be quite buoyant . |
| 9 | For a fraction of a second it looked as though it were going to be just that , he 'd vaulted too hard and he was going to overshoot the small terrace and land on the ugly hard shapes of the garden furniture in the basement courtyard beneath . |
| 10 | I complained and although it was stopped I still got my books later . |
| 11 | ‘ I had n't expected the papers to pick up on Thomas 's birth , ’ she went on , ‘ but when they did and when it was taken for granted that he was Simon 's I let that be , too . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I could do with a cup of tea , Lydia , ’ she smiled and when it was placed on the table before her , she wrapped both hands round it in a gesture which seemed natural , here in her mother 's kitchen . |
| 13 | It also said that while it was committed to the IBMulator business , it plans to expand its open systems products line because demand is increasing in that field . |
| 14 | Amdahl Corp is not known as an IBMulator for nothing : it too is cutting its dividend — to five cents a share this year from a dime last year , in an effort to conserve its capital base : the company , which reported a first quarter $240m loss after a $243m restructuring charge — figures , page seven — said its revenues were lower than expected because of soft economic conditions and competitive pressure on prices ; it also said that while it was committed to the IBMulator business , it plans to expand its open systems products line because demand is increasing in that field ; it is also enhancing our Huron applications development and production system , which creates applications that run without change in both proprietary and open environments and on both large and desktop systems , the company added , saying that its objective is to turn Huron into an industry standard and to develop a growing business in open systems for large-scale computing . |
| 15 | Mr. Collins said that once it was accepted that Lautro operated in the public domain in the public interest , then certain consequences had also to be accepted . |
| 16 | They also held that where it was observed it was unduly restrictive . |