Example sentences of "[conj] it [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of the Alliance advance occurred in its traditional heartlands of the north , where it successfully exploited economic and political insecurities of the local bourgeoisie . |
| 2 | Fearon looked temporarily nonplussed , then shrugged , tossed the towel back into the bathroom behind him where it presumably landed on the floor and growled , ‘ All right , I 'll show you around . |
| 3 | Once more , the critics placed his work where it honestly belonged , in the basement of B-movies , as were his next two , Back Door to Hell and Flight to Fury , both directed by Monte Hellman . |
| 4 | The east-west road has only been examined once since the 1920s , during excavations on the west gate , where it evidently comprised three separate surfaces ; the latest ( road III ) can probably be identified with Jack and Hayter 's later roadway ; the middle one ( II ) was contemporary with the mid fourth-century gate and may be a localized resurfacing ; while the lowest ( I ) must represent the east-west route in the preceding centuries . |
| 5 | His black curly hair looked crisp and shiningly clean , clinging close to the classic shape of his head , longer over a high , intelligent-looking forehead , and at the nape of his neck , where it just brushed the collar of his shirt . |
| 6 | Hence Jacobitism , the belief that James II and his heirs were the rightful rulers of Scotland ( and possibly England as well ) took far deeper root in Scotland than England , where it soon became the mere dream of a few impractical romantics . |
| 7 | I quickened my step to reach the quieter part of the hall , where it always seemed darker . |
| 8 | I was I was wondering too , myself , as I was travelling here where where it actually came from because er I do n't remember as a child , myself , doing something like this . |
| 9 | The family in the song is the circle of friends , where it almost seemed , because we were so identical , that for anybody to make any progress in life , we 'd have to split up . |
| 10 | From here , the Westbury Brook flows on through the meadows , towards the Severn , where it once powered Severn Mill , on the river bank . |
| 11 | The presence of the black swan in the islands only emphasised for Gould its unnatural absence from the large rivers , such as the Derwent , on mainland Tasmania where it once abounded : |
| 12 | He slid his hand to her hip , where it gently rotated in a maddeningly sensual rhythm . |
| 13 | With an oath the Weasel hurled the time-teller far out into the heather , where it possibly hit a stone . |
| 14 | That night , when he awoke in the full certainty that someone else was in the room , he reached for it , where it usually lay by his headrest ; but he had barely moved before he felt its point at his throat . |
| 15 | Did it come down in remote forest land where it still lay , gradually decaying ? |
| 16 | But instead of looking at her , he was staring down at her hand where it still lay on his arm . |
| 17 | In its capacity as spokesman the BDDA was particularly active in the educational field , where it never ceased to act as a pressure group in favour of the combined system . |
| 18 | FitzAlan tossed the gown carelessly on to the stool , where it promptly slithered to the floor . |
| 19 | When all else failed , or it simply appealed to her a woman could always turn to the ranks for employment . |
| 20 | Erm so whether you think of it as the point is now whizzing round infinitely quickly , or it just stopped , |
| 21 | But although it clearly had dramatic effects on the nerves of Conservative Central Office there is no evidence of any major shift in voting intentions at that time . |
| 22 | Although it clearly superseded the Five Compilations ( all previous collections now being declared null and void ) it obviously included much of the law found there . |
| 23 | Even the idea that criminals are physically distinguishable has continued to be pursued to the present day ( Hartl et al. , 1982 ) , although it later took the form of relating types of body build to personality types . |
| 24 | Although it already had a number of blue chip clients , such as Wm Low and the Scottish Development Agency ( and now Scottish Enterprise ) , perhaps what made the firm 's reputation was the way it handled Scottish electricity privatisation for the Government , an appointment made before the Shandwick deal . |
| 25 | His marriage , too , although it presumably owed much to Gloucester , also allied him with the Percies , since his new brother-in-law lord Scrope was not only a neighbour of the duke but also a Percy retainer . |
| 26 | His marriage , too , although it presumably owed much to Gloucester , also allied him with the Percies , since his new brother-in-law lord Scrope was not only a neighbour of the duke but also a Percy retainer . |
| 27 | But seconds later both the England striker and his team recovered their self respect when he netted a Samways cross — although it finally went down as an own goal by Higgins . |
| 28 | Its main targets were imports from Asian countries including China , Taiwan , Hong Kong and South Korea , although it also related to other developing countries . |
| 29 | The study 's starting point was a UN forecast that the world 's population will reach around 11.5 billion by the end of the next century , although it also took account of upper forecasts which suggest figures of 12.5 billion by 2050 and 28 billion by 2150 . |
| 30 | Getting more information on comparative performance also enabled them to ask the right questions , although it also demonstrated the continuing inadequacies of data . |