Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew exactly where it stood because one of our pampas bushes was there and , in the middle of it , a coloured ball of Tony 's . |
| 2 | The cursor is left on the last instance found , if the search was successful , or where it started if the search failed . |
| 3 | The union had already moved from its fine premises in Buckingham Street , Strandon 22 September 1894 as an economy measure and eventually found a more permanent home , along with the Green 's Home branch , at the Maritime Hall , West India Dock Road , London E. where it remained until Head Office was moved to St.George 's Hall , Westminster Bridge Road , London S.E. in May 1921 . |
| 4 | And then , you see , it halted where it did because there were some petals and fragments from the blackthorn I had been handling fallen into the spine there , shaken out of my sleeve or my hair when I closed the book . |
| 5 | Or it did until rock'n'roll started to get self-conscious , and the fashion industry took over . |
| 6 | Although it struck after the spring corn had been sown , the immediate effect on agriculture was catastrophic . |
| 7 | It was beginning to swell and there were signs of bruising , but she could move her fingers , although it hurt when she tried to bend her wrist . |
| 8 | The strange and difficult was becoming second nature in the way that it had when I 'd learned to fly . |
| 9 | It still retained the same dark blue colour that it had when it was stamped into the passport by a British policeman 32 years earlier ; last exit from Palestine . |
| 10 | Hall replied that there were a lot of wagons outside and that it looked as though some men were to go to Long Kesh Detention Camp . |
| 11 | Miss Hannah Hauxwell , dressed in men 's trousers and old jacket so torn that it looked as though savaging by wolf packs had once been part of her daily routine , looked at me mildly . |
| 12 | ‘ Just that it looked as though he wanted me out of the way . ’ |
| 13 | Fabia was shaken , but was more intent then on finding out what she could do to help whatever the trouble was , than concerned that it looked as though she could say goodbye to her much looked forward to Czechoslovakian holiday . |
| 14 | Spike said that it looked like Hunters had attacked the craft . |
| 15 | Decision : the aggravating features of the offence were the age of the victim ( 61 ) , the fact that as a taxi driver he was vulnerable and an easy target ; the isolated location in which the offence was committed ; the degree of violence and the fact that it continued after the theft had been completed ; the fact that the victim had been left , so far as the offenders were aware , unconscious , and the fact that two men were involved , and an implement may have been used . |
| 16 | It will be observed that in those cases there was no statutory period after cessation of trade during which jurisdiction continued , and the court was therefore faced with a stark choice between saying that the jurisdiction ceased immediately active trade was suspended , or saying that it continued until the business had actually been wound up by payment of the debts . |
| 17 | Not that it mattered because the woman whose dress she 'd soaked turned around and started shouting the place down . |
| 18 | She squeezed her eyes shut and lowered her head , hiding behind her curtain of auburn curls , battling with the tears , battling with the fact that it mattered because she had made a mistake again . |
| 19 | Robin-Anne had her mother 's fair hair , so fair that it looked bleached , and she had her mother 's delicate good looks etched on to a face so pale that it seemed as though her skin must burn if it was exposed to anything more powerful than a light bulb . |
| 20 | The sun was shining , the water a deep indigo-blue and the air so crystal clear that it seemed as though I could stretch out my hand and touch the gleaming white of Sarmiento far to the south-east in Tierra del Fuego . |
| 21 | Those who saw it at the time have never been able to erase the startling impact that it made when it was given its short-lived British premiere at Sadler 's Wells in 1965 . |
| 22 | Its growth was to cause a storm of protest in the next century from archbishops less inclined to travel than Sigeric ; but we need not doubt that it arose because Sigeric and his like were delighted to have an excuse to go on pilgrimage , and the diary he has left of his movements dwells especially on the many churches in Rome worth a pilgrim 's attention . |
| 23 | Before another reading of this poem on the same visit , he announced that it began where he had begun , and that it ended where he and his wife hoped to end — in the parish church of a Somerset village ; he could see now the pattern of his life completed . |
| 24 | Berger discovered the alpha rhythm , running at 10 cycles per second ( Hertz , or Hz ) and also discovered that it disappeared if the eyes were opened , with mental effort such as doing mental arithmetic with eyes closed , and with loud noises or painful stimuli . |
| 25 | There was no fundamental weakness in the PWR design and British safety standards would ensure that it operated as well as the best . |
| 26 | Nevertheless , what was important was that it occurred because Leeds were caught out ( again ) at the back and Jones was thundering in . |
| 27 | It was furnished with an ancient iron bedstead and a wooden table so decrepit that it collapsed as I walked past it . |
| 28 | ‘ Let us say , ’ she replied quietly , ‘ that it happened as you described . |
| 29 | But I did n't like working at Johnny Walkers so I think it was quite a good thing at the time , although I did n't really like it I 'm glad now that it happened cos I 'd probably still be working in there . |
| 30 | Higham and Jones have argued , on the sole evidence of internal timber buildings , that another fort was constructed after a short interval early in the second century , and that it survived until it was demolished in the late second century ; no contemporary fortifications for it have yet been recorded . |