Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Salgado 's photo-essay opens a window onto a world that seems authentically antique — as far off as when the Pyramids were being built — but it presumably touched a nerve with editors because it is also a parable of greed with global relevance . |
| 2 | Sceptics argued that there was no real difference between a right and a duty ; once it was laid down when auditors would be expected to use their right to report , it effectively became a duty . |
| 3 | It effectively initiated a programme of council-house building that has continued , albeit subject to regular modification as governments have changed the subsidy arrangements , until the present day . |
| 4 | It eventually saved a year 's tyre wear on the Class 317s , and meant a lot more string and sticky tape on the clapped-out DMUs . |
| 5 | And he did — but it only lasted a week ! |
| 6 | It only lasted a matter of seconds , but when Fen lifted his head Robbie felt incapable of speech and movement . |
| 7 | At all events , it only lasted a moment . |
| 8 | If they were held at bay longer than they anticipated and carried into the final day , it only seemed a stay of execution for the West Indies . |
| 9 | ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said . |
| 10 | It only became a god in Hellenistic times when it was worshipped under the name ‘ Aion ’ , but that signified a sacred , eternal time which was very different from ordinary time , chronos . |
| 11 | ( It did n't ; it only began a spate of them . ) |
| 12 | This was n't a major catastrophe , and it only took a minute to rectify , but it 's a clear case of poor quality control . |
| 13 | How it happened we do n't know but the flight-recorder said it only took a couple of minutes and the navigator confirmed this . |
| 14 | It only took a moment to make up his mind . |
| 15 | AY has admitted negligence in relation to the stock over-statement , provided that WG can prove the fraud took place , but the firm is claiming that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar as its auditor , and not to Walker Greenbank , even though it audited the group accounts . |
| 16 | AY 's defence centred around the claim that it only owed a duty of care to Alkar , as its auditor , and not to WG , even though it also audited the WG group accounts . |
| 17 | He rejected the argument that keeping the facility for steers in Barnard Castle would be costly , saying it only involved a bit of paperwork by one of the officials at the mart . |
| 18 | It obviously took a while to find my feet with the group but when I had done I really started to enjoy myself . |
| 19 | It suddenly seemed a waste to be sitting over muffins and honey . |
| 20 | after , after breakfast had er it suddenly went a headache |
| 21 | But it suddenly took a flier and I knew I was in trouble . |
| 22 | It just seemed a pity that Norfolk should have no more appetising soft fruit . |
| 23 | It just seemed a bore she was ill . |
| 24 | Timothy Hutton was looking uncomfortable and McLeish said that it just seemed a lot to him . |
| 25 | And then it just became a drug that I had to take for every day use . |
| 26 | Cos it did n't , it did n't say a wrought iron wheelbarrow or anything , it just said a wheelbarrow . |
| 27 | So ours must have cost , I 'm sure that would cost them a lot more than thirty pounds cos it did n't it did n't say a wrought iron wheelbarrow or anything , it just said a wheelbarrow |
| 28 | and it just moved a bit and I went in again , I looked at the window and they moved again |
| 29 | It desperately needed a cut though , it was really irritating me ! |
| 30 | Although it already had a number of blue chip clients , such as Wm Low and the Scottish Development Agency ( and now Scottish Enterprise ) , perhaps what made the firm 's reputation was the way it handled Scottish electricity privatisation for the Government , an appointment made before the Shandwick deal . |