Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adj] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , we carried on , er , it got better as it went on . |
| 2 | She lay perfectly still , knowing that when the light , filmy shift settled over her body it revealed more than it hid . |
| 3 | Its essence stayed the same but now there was something new in its texture , and it became clearer as it approached . |
| 4 | The programme carried a myriad of possibilities — although it promised more than it delivered on more than one occasion . |
| 5 | It did n't hurt , honestly , but it looked worse than it was and Lisabeth sort of saw red . ’ |
| 6 | I do n't think there was anything vicious about the foul , it looked worse than it was . |
| 7 | It was then I noticed a small cut on his forearm , at least it looked small until it opened up and I realised it went all the way through all the underlying muscles . |
| 8 | It looks alright , but it looked better when it was long . |
| 9 | I wonder if it looked better if it was a bit bigger . |
| 10 | It looked lovely as it was . |
| 11 | It proved this when it first came out way back in ‘ 85 . |