Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Already by the year 1200 there were numerous signs of economic pressure on time , and even two centuries earlier it appears that peasants and artisans near Fleury tended to ignore feast-days through a need to work in their fields . |
| 2 | Although some years ago it seemed that a new general classification scheme based upon the theory of faceted classification might emerge and be widely adopted , organizational factors have militated against this . |
| 3 | A few minutes later it emerged and flew off and then when it returned it looked at the wall and saw the marks and went inside . |
| 4 | Ten hours and two platforms later it seemed that at least a few members of the Simonova 's crew were still suffering from the emotional impact of the brooding menace which was represented by the presence of each platform in the docking bay . |
| 5 | By having four officers here it means that they will be able to man the police car for those shifts seven days a week and in addition there will be one spare constable on every day except for Sunday either to cover deficiencies in that crewing or carry out er foot patrol or enquiries within the town . |
| 6 | They summon the overseers before the magistrates for not complying with their unreasonable demands and though they do not always gain their ends yet it teases and harasses the overseers and takes up their time which is a great hardship . |
| 7 | If figures are based on the total cohort of entrants to degree programmes then it appears that among some categories of non-traditional students the percentages achieving ‘ good ’ degrees are somewhat lower . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , a couple of drinks later it transpired that one of them has a boyfriend who gets up at six in the morning to meditate , while the other said her best friend had been snapped out of a severe depression by a weekend of psychodrama . |
| 9 | Moments later it opened and he unfastened the chain securing the two doors together and eased one of them open wide enough for him to slip inside . |
| 10 | It 's got two chances either it lives or it dies , and it started to grow like mad . |