Example sentences of "it [vb past] [subord] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already the tanks ahead were in action and it seemed as though they had made contact with , and destroyed the majority of the enemy flank guard . |
| 2 | They had looked to be a one-pace crew in practice and it seemed as though they had no answer to Oxford 's attack . |
| 3 | ‘ It seemed as though they did n't want anyone else to intrude . ’ |
| 4 | From that time on , it seemed as though I loathed myself and looked for ways to punish my body . |
| 5 | The rehearsal had gone well , and it seemed as though he had successfully jumped the chasm between off- and on-Broadway . |
| 6 | She closed her eyes and kept them closed for quite a while , and when she opened them again it seemed as though she had gathered herself together . |
| 7 | It seemed as though she had hardly done anything , it had all been so simple . |
| 8 | It seemed as though she liked to keep those she loved to herself , as if by sharing , some part of them would be lost to her forever . |
| 9 | For a moment it seemed as though it had tapped some hidden reserve of strength and would ease itself up on to the opposite bank , and escape into the forest . |
| 10 | It looked as though we 'd had our little flurry and that was going to be it . |
| 11 | It looked as though something had chewed the handkerchief , or it had been destroyed by acid or something . |
| 12 | When I saw the negative it looked as though she had a dog 's head on her shoulders . |
| 13 | To be honest , it looked as though she had given up on being a woman . |
| 14 | A little embarrassed because it looked as though she had been prying , Meredith murmured , ‘ I 'm not much of a cook . ’ |
| 15 | It looked as though she had not fractured his skull . |
| 16 | Paul Lane had warned him that Phyllis liked to play things her own way , and now it looked as though she did indeed . |
| 17 | It looked as though someone had spilled a can of spaghetti and had to make some sense of it . |
| 18 | My stomach turned over as I watched the ball heading for the out-of-bounds , but to my relief it looked as though it had stayed in , even if it seemed in an awful spot . |
| 19 | I gave myself a brisk tub down with a towel — when I saw it in daylight it looked as though it had been run over by a lorry on a muddy building site — and changed every stitch of clothing . |
| 20 | It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action . |
| 21 | It looked as though it had been woven like the baskets which were used to collect tea from the old plantations . |
| 22 | We said god look at this , you know it looked as though it had been painted |
| 23 | It looked as though it went on for ever . ’ |
| 24 | Indeed during the finale , at the rate his arm whirled over his Fender strings , it looked as though he had caught the tail end of Hurricane Hugo during their US tour . |
| 25 | As they wept around his coffin , one relative who said she had dressed the body , said : ‘ It looked as though he had been tortured . ’ |
| 26 | It looked as though he had collapsed while painting . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Just that it looked as though he wanted me out of the way . ’ |
| 28 | And it looked as though you 'd bought something rather than been to the pawnshop . |
| 29 | At first it looked as though I 'd made a big mistake . |
| 30 | So coming here it felt as though we 'd uprooted and , they would never get their roots down because they were n't really |