Example sentences of "[verb] and it [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The death of Jock Lewes was keenly felt and it meant that Stirling was down to only one officer besides himself , assuming that Fraser was missing . |
| 2 | Still the Japanese refused to surrender and it appeared that the war might drag on for months , even years , at terrible cost . |
| 3 | It was agreed this was not easy to do and it illustrated that deciding whether pupils had attained a long list of criteria would be a very considerable task . |
| 4 | Oh at any rate , he they started rebidding and then of course it went and went and it fell and then this Mr gave up and whoever the other one was , Do n't remember who he was . |
| 5 | Rose 's hand was small and freckled and it teased and rubbed . |
| 6 | The smaller man was retreating and it seemed that his guard was weakening . |
| 7 | It saw monetary growth stalling and it feared that the American recovery might stall too . |
| 8 | It glared and it floated and it flew like the Devil . |
| 9 | I took 2 days off work before my baby was born , and on the third day my life suddenly changed and it seemed that all of my well laid plans would go to waste . |
| 10 | In July 1985 the Comptroller and Auditor General 's Report was published and it concluded that there were weaknesses in the control and deployment of nursing staff . |
| 11 | This now returned and it seemed that her meeting with Tom and Peter had been like a dream from which she was waking up to reality . |