Example sentences of "it [vb past] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It seemed to turn out in the end that the American negotiator did n't have any flexibility and remained on the crucial issues unmoved . ’ |
| 2 | But now I was up in the air , and what with the clouds , I lost all my orientation Where the clouds parted , I could see the whole tube , land all around me , and it seemed to go up like a tower , so the town and the factory belt and the parks were hanging from the walls over my head , they were all going to crash down on me , and the city on top of them . |
| 3 | It seemed to go on for a long time . |
| 4 | It seemed to go on for a very long time . |
| 5 | ‘ It seemed to go on for an awfully long time . |
| 6 | Sonia said : ‘ It seemed to fit in with the spirit of the Festival — how political change in history is articulated — and celebrated the most remarkable use of language , worldwide . |
| 7 | It appeared so unexpectedly that it seemed to leap out of the ground . |
| 8 | The atmosphere was fantastic at the end as it seemed to build up over the rounds . |
| 9 | It seemed to ring out for a long time . |
| 10 | It began to break down by the 1790s when the pressure of a growing population and insufficient work meant that over a fifth of the labour force was virtually permanently unemployed . |
| 11 | It began to break down in the post-war years and during that period , too , the concentration of control functions in London also began to increase . |
| 12 | Finally the tram got underway and as it started to pull up at the end of the track by the foot of Duke Street Hill Carrie was already out of her seat and waiting on the platform at the rear of the vehicle , with Fred at her side gripping her arm for fear that she would fall off before it actually stopped . |
| 13 | WHEN THE Generating Board had tired of its investigations in the Dorset hinterland and its tussles with the Cornish protesters , it decided to fall back on the one site in the West Country where it felt confident it could successfully build the second British Pressurized Water Reactor . |
| 14 | I ironed my big net here and it meant to go up in the window there . |
| 15 | Even in daylight it had a sombre , suspicious air as if it wished to slink back from the adjoining houses . |
| 16 | Er I think in this context strength to strength is talking about market share , erm Frank er was saying how we 've made considerable gains in relation to the opposition and er such an extent that in fact er it had to join up with the er er er with the other financial newspaper , but Frank would you , would you like to add ? |
| 17 | On the shores of uncharted CCT requirements the Computer Co-ordination Section has realised that it had to come up with a leaner , meaner , faster name for the Section . |
| 18 | It refused to give in to the authority of Rome and the Church . |