Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 I think in any marriage or in any family the father and the mother both play different parts , and in my own life I can remember things my mother did and things my father did and together it made for a happy home .
2 Furthermore it became against regulations to " unramm " a charge of powder which had mis-fired .
3 Suddenly it came to Hazel that if Bigwig was dead — and what else could hold him silent in the mud ? — then he himself must get the others away before the dreadful loss could drain their courage and break their spirit — as it would if they stayed by the body .
4 Suddenly it plunged into the water and , a swift streak , returned to its perch with a silver fish in its dagger-bill .
5 Suddenly it burst into flame .
6 Suddenly it rushed at the tree , leapt onto a low branch , and ran up the trunk .
7 It hovered for a few moments , then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two .
8 Suddenly it dawned on Ramsay that this flag was considerably larger than that flown by the Regent .
9 Suddenly it jerks from its solidarity
10 Suddenly it seemed to Honor that a bond was being forged between them .
11 Suddenly it seemed to her as if the whole world wanted to know about every detail of her life .
12 To Sam suddenly it seemed as if all the stones were listening and the tall rocks leaning over them . ’
13 The intensity of her response to him a minute ago filled her with self-loathing , but she was afraid too , because suddenly it seemed as if hatred was no longer enough to counter the threat he presented , and yet it was the only answer she possessed .
14 Suddenly it slipped from his hand and rolled down the bank into the water .
15 Suddenly it comes to me : I want to ‘ go ’ now quite badly .
16 Suddenly it shortened to half height , less .
17 It flows up channels through the rocks under decreasing pressure until suddenly it flashes into steam and water spouts high into the air as a geyser .
18 Suddenly it occurred to Willie that the church would soon be filled with people .
19 Suddenly it occurred to me to wonder if this was her real reason for refusing to discuss Red Leland .
20 Suddenly it occurred to him that his mother might still be in her bed at Number 29 , waiting for the undertaker .
21 Suddenly it occurred to Alexei that in the event that he failed to return from the embassy the question of solemnising the marriage would not arise , and he wondered again how far he could trust Burun .
22 ‘ Once upon a time I 'd 've made you turn religious , ’ said Constance , and suddenly it occurred to Scarlet that really she was already religious , as anyone who had borne a child must surely be : not in the conventional sense but rather as a passenger on a train would expect someone to be at the controls .
23 Hardly a candidate for success you might think but you would be wrong to the tune of £120m because that 's how much it took at the US box-office .
24 She had wanted to know how much it mattered to him because he would n't let on , and it gave her a valuable lever .
25 He knows that Grampian regional council is bound by statute to say how much it got from the sale ; it can not simply say that it will not tell anyone .
26 If she wanted this job , she would have to be reasonably pleasant to him , however much it stuck in her throat at times .
27 ‘ Yes , ’ said Bob , remembering from his childhood just how much it hurt to be punched on the nose .
28 I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant .
29 Ask someone else to justify how much it meant to us .
30 How much it meant to us when she brought her Waterford tumbler up onto the stage with her , settled her feathers and her sequins and then looked calmly round until there was complete silence .
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