Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] it [verb] again " in BNC.

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1 Instantly sparks crackled in Twoflower 's hair and there was a sudden gust of hot dry wind that did n't disturb the dust in the way that ordinary wind should but , instead , whipped it up momentarily into unpleasantly half-living shapes before it settled again .
2 What 's more , he had also learned that he must ignore the first playing of the tune , and wait 15 minutes until it played again at the end of the programme — the dog would look up quizzically at the sound of the familiar music but stay still , apparently too smart to respond to an obvious false alarm .
3 The man threw more sticks and it jumped again , ecstatic , diving and swimming , in and out .
4 I was only back a couple of days and it started again .
5 It takes more than a few days but it goes again , just about .
6 Mercifully the traffic progresses for fifty yards before it stalls again , and the Rasta does not pursue her further , but Robyn keeps a nervous eye on her rear-view mirror .
7 If she could have walked it in five minutes , then the cab should have done it in less , but it seemed a long five minutes before it stopped again and the cab driver opened the door , saying , ‘ Here we are then , lass . ’
8 At Abu Hamed the river turns back on itself and runs south-west for some 200 miles before it turns again and reasserts its northerly course .
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