Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It got better after that , because then you started meeting blokes who cared about you as well . |
| 2 | Eventually it became apparent to several members of both the main board and the heads of businesses that the technically controlled , decentralized divisions , which were primarily local in nature , were not appropriate for addressing the market of the future . |
| 3 | It became apparent about this time that the economy was also slowing down . ’ |
| 4 | It became compulsory for all young men to learn martial arts . |
| 5 | It became impossible at that time to use words like ‘ proletarian ’ , ‘ working class ’ or ‘ Blue Col ’ . |
| 6 | The case evolved from polish issues but , at its most general level , it became influential in many other countries , and particularly on the Left of the Russian party . |
| 7 | It became clear during this work that there is some uncertainty and confusion about identity among many Laz themselves , and that representatives of these people elsewhere in Turkey can be very misleading . |
| 8 | Faces in the hall registered distress at this price as it became clear to many of those present that they would be unable to win anything with their limited sources . |
| 9 | When Britain sent in troops to prevent the Canal being taken over , there was a worldwide outcry , particularly from the U.S.A. , who still accused Britain of retaining an Imperialist attitude , The British troops were withdrawn , but the Egyptians had sunk a number of vessels in the Suez Canal , so it became impassable for some while . |
| 10 | Then he was dropped five games later and it became obvious to all that the goalkeeping hero of the finest days the club had ever known could not be long in going — and on 16 October 1973 he moved over to Orient for a £30,000 fee . |
| 11 | It became obvious to all but Aenarion and his followers that the war was lost and the world was doomed . |
| 12 | By the time my article appeared , it resembled one of those selective reviews you see outside theatres . |
| 13 | To be sure , the great apes behave so intelligently and have such a rich social life that it seemed extraordinary to many people that they could not learn to speak . |
| 14 | It seemed many of these things were squirming around together . |
| 15 | Given the demands of the United Kingdom 's aging population and the tendency of health care costs to rise , it seemed certain to some doctors that governments ' policies in this area would contain an appreciable element of cost containment . |
| 16 | It seemed feasible to some in the profession that , in releasing pressurised teachers to enjoy the experience of a different context , they might choose never to return . |
| 17 | Modernism was played out , and it seemed absurd on all sorts of grounds that there should be no contemporary equivalent to The Faerie Queene or Trollope 's Barchester novels . |
| 18 | It seemed clear to many that with the defeat of France a glorious peace was imminent . |
| 19 | It seemed inevitable after this that he should take himself to the nearest fish and chip shop to eat his supper . |
| 20 | It seemed churlish at this point to mention that Eitzel had come all the way from San Francisco and is one of the greatest songwriters humanity has ever known . |
| 21 | It happened everyday for those who were late . |
| 22 | It soared close past another Titan which was already turning around again — limping mightily — to answer the las-pulses of the Land Raiders . |
| 23 | do n't be silly , no I thought it looked better at this other bit , this butcher 's , it looked leaner , but erm it was n't perhaps , perhaps I did n't cook it enough yesterday , drink your drink |
| 24 | I like it like that , it looked cuter like that . |
| 25 | There she greatly admired Monsieur Jerricault 's canvas , which though static contained for her much motion and lighting and , in its own way , music — indeed , in some fashion it contained more of these things than did the vulgar Panorama . |
| 26 | The sun came out and it grew warm on this sheltered side of the island . |
| 27 | Some days workmen threw debris into it — the shop was being renovated ; other days it lay redundant in all its rusty ugliness . |
| 28 | In the confusion his greatcoat had slipped to the floor , where it lay unnoticed by all but the ever-watchful child . |
| 29 | As for Dorothy 's loyalty , it proved equal to any occasion ; and in particular through the years of Pound 's incarceration in St Elizabeth 's her devotion was exemplary . |
| 30 | In the meantime , it is likely that everyone had contracted the disease at some time or another in his or her life , and it proved fatal to those with the merest weakness whose bodies could not withstand its ravages . |