Example sentences of "it [vb past] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ingenuity of it was that it operated exactly like a Jacquard loom , which is a loom for weaving tapestries without human control no matter how intricate or varied the design . |
| 2 | An energy policy was , however , not surprisingly not quickly agreed ; it passed only after a long and bitter struggle that extended through most of Carter 's term of office and the package of measures finally agreed was inevitably different and weaker than the one the White House had originally requested . |
| 3 | It gleamed dully from a puddle outside the gates , which were high and solid , made of interlocking vertical planks . |
| 4 | Within families filial piety was the keystone of morality and it led logically to an absolute obedience to the household head . |
| 5 | In their evidence to the Redcliffe-Maud Commission , the Ministry of Housing and Local Government ( MHLG ) ( as it then was ) argued that it led neither to an improved speed nor to a better quality of development control : the advantages which flowed from delegating some of the work load to district councils were offset by the shortage of qualified planning staff in most district offices , by the limited range of problems which arose within any one area , by the difficulties caused by the natural inclination of district councils to take a ‘ narrow view ’ , and by the extra administrative complications that limited delegation usually entailed . |
| 6 | QUAYLE Munro , the small Edinburgh merchant bank , is set to become a quoted company following what it described yesterday as a reverse takeover by East of Scotland Industrial Investments , the unquoted investment group managed by the bank , writes BILL MILLAR . |
| 7 | Then it moved away at a brisk trot , the small and incredibly ugly imp that was perching on its lid watching the scenery with interest . |
| 8 | WASHINGTON — The Soviet Union risked an ‘ inflationary disintegration ’ of its economic reforms unless it moved rapidly to a convertible rouble backed by gold , according to Wayne Angell , a governor of the US Federal Reserve , writes John Lichfield . |
| 9 | For a second the shell lay with a smoking fuse amidst the wreckage of the wheel , then it crashed apart in a deafening explosion . |
| 10 | The lightning was the forked kind and it branched suddenly like a firework and yet like the limb of a blazing tree . |
| 11 | Its headlights came on full beam , and it accelerated away with a rising roar which brought heads to windows all along the street . |
| 12 | In the Weald ( extending into Kent ) the Sussex could thrive on rough or scarce grazing but , put on good pasture , it fattened quickly with a high daily weight gain . |
| 13 | It came again with a great wakening light , |
| 14 | Then it came again like a whiplash . |
| 15 | It came almost as a shock to realize that her night had been peaceful — there had been no dreams , no nightmares , and the bottle by her bed remained untouched . |
| 16 | Despite the fact that she had been deeply touched by the open friendliness of the Greek couple , it came almost as a relief when finally Niall signalled that it was time to leave . |
| 17 | I was n't entirely convinced by the ‘ unique ’ bit : it came across as a slightly better than average bottled beer , with possibly a stronger flavour than some . |
| 18 | I was n't entirely convinced by the ‘ unique ’ bit : it came across as a slightly better than average bottled beer , with possibly a stronger flavour than some . |
| 19 | I was n't entirely convinced by the ‘ unique ’ bit : it came across as a slightly better than average bottled beer , with possibly a stronger flavour than some . |
| 20 | With David Dimbleby and Peter Sissons occupying curvy command modules jutting out over a sea of computer screens and flashing lights , it seemed rather like a cross between the deck of the Starship Enterprise and an Italian disco . |
| 21 | Though these bits , unashamedly sentimental , met with laughter , it seemed most like a nervous release of the tension of the previous scenes . |
| 22 | Jasper went , was gone it seemed only for a minute , came back to say that they would be welcome . |
| 23 | ‘ But there , it seemed more like a compliment ’ , he says with a grin . |
| 24 | It commented favourably on a model form issued by the NFHA for use in connection with design and build . |
| 25 | It faded away for a few seconds before starting again as others joined it , their howls hanging eerily in the cold shadows of the trees of Regent 's Park , before dying down again among the bars and cages of London Zoo . |
| 26 | Harry and Lillian subscribed to the movie trade papers and began tracing the film 's grosses as it climbed upward towards an eventual $40 million . |
| 27 | For many years the official view of the position of the police in liberal democracies like Britain was that it acted merely as an administrative agent to enforce the law . |
| 28 | With a creak it opened inwards on a dark hole . |
| 29 | It consisted only of a simple two-storey stone block with an overall shed behind covering two platforms . |
| 30 | It consisted mainly of a large area of more or less flat heathland that was in places marshy and out of which rose the only hill to be found here , the broad , low Knamber Foin that looked from a distance no more than a heap of stones . |