Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [adv] [coord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hour winged past and it seemed no time at all before I was back on the top road waiting in the gathering darkness for the Scarborough bus . |
| 2 | The level of British farming declined sharply and it was only in the first decade of the twentieth century that it began to get on its feet again by shifting its emphasis to specialities like beef-fattening and vegetable-growing . |
| 3 | Business went well and it all looked possible . |
| 4 | The long day passed slowly and it grew very hot . |
| 5 | It was in the 1920s then that criticism developed apace and it became a socially respectable and intellectual orthodoxy to relate the worthlessness of the movies to the immaturity of the masses . |
| 6 | The South Metropolitan Company 's turn came later and it was transferred with effect from 14 June 1913 . |
| 7 | But after that , life began again and it was easy to feel full of courage and cheerfulness . |
| 8 | And the pony went fast and it overtakes |
| 9 | The switchboard answered quickly and it seemed like a good omen . |
| 10 | Kinane , who was having his first Arc ride , said : ‘ I had quickened past Behera when Carroll House hung across and it did n't affect the result . |
| 11 | The weather broke overnight and it blew hard from the south east for the following week which , while postponing our patrols to the north islands , was no great setback to our plans . |
| 12 | The house grew still but it was a menacing stillness , like that of a cat about to spring . |