Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nonetheless Count Christoph Douglas , head of Sotheby 's in Germany , declared that he has ‘ complete confidence in Berlin ’ as a location and with the level and amount of bidding at the sale , some of it keenly fought and much of it this time conducted by telephone . |
| 2 | Staring at the door , Ellie seemed quite unable to tear her eyes away as it slowly opened and Feargal walked in . |
| 3 | It eventually cleared and after breakfast they prepared to go to Raasay ; they would see the Mackinnons again in two weeks or so . |
| 4 | He pressed it gently shut and it held ; loosely and with a slight gap , but it held . |
| 5 | Personally , from a personal view during those years I was erm going for a neutral stance on the conflict because it did n't help any cause and it only hurt and harmed the peoples of both Iraq and Iran . |
| 6 | But I always remember Ruth make it a desk , you see it only came and in she was sitting out there and this desk , all the pieces and parts were going everywhere . |
| 7 | I actually mar marked twelve closed questions as it so happened but that 's , that 's neither here nor there , that 's ju that 's just a point of reference . |
| 8 | She said she and another officer had been pursuing a red Ford Sierra car on the road between the villages of Hillam and Burton , North Yorkshire , when it suddenly stopped and a gunman got out . |
| 9 | That does n't mean it necessarily worked or was good ; but , once the script is settled in your mind , the best you can hope for is that the finished film reflects those ambitions . |
| 10 | However , the Foreign Office said it warmly welcomed and supported the US move to step up its contribution . |
| 11 | I do believe there were , there was a high explosive bomb but I think it was just jettisoned to as you wanted to get back home the German pilot he , he landed somewhere up Bluebell Wood but it just exploded and no one was hurt . |
| 12 | It just grew and grew — I related to it more and found that the repertoire became more and more slide , so now the set is about 70% slide . |
| 13 | ‘ It just grew and grew , ’ Alan grinned as he talked about the development of the book , ‘ I soon realised that a circular including anecdotes to keep former members in touch was not possible , we had given rise to a book ! ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps it just grew and matured until it took in all their emotions , but his hands began to smooth her back and shoulders , until in the end his fingers were threaded through her hair and his big , warm hands were holding her steady while he kissed her with mesmerising thoroughness . |
| 15 | and it just went and we had to get these guys who , who did the washing machine |
| 16 | Or else it 's the Croup , the Colic , the Beads it just swallowed or double |
| 17 | ooh and it just stank and it 's a bit greasy and |
| 18 | He had lost much blood , his helm was notably dinted , and the head inside it already dazed and misty as the dusk coming down on the hills . |
| 19 | It soon died but the monk continued his meditations , his door barred against the baying hounds . |
| 20 | For the rest of the weekend there was a downpour , and by Monday , when it finally abated and I could get back to the den , the mink had gone . |
| 21 | The staff admit that a sudden rise in entrances to the zoo was likely to be largely due to an interest by the public who wanted to visit it before it finally closed and they agree that problems remain for the future . |
| 22 | He lowered himself gingerly to a gilt chair and stirred his coffee , the spoon circulating slowly until it finally stopped and he sat staring at it . |
| 23 | After the General Strike it rapidly declined and Rotha Lintorn Orman 's tenuous grasp of reality disintegrated still further . |
| 24 | It gradually descended and changed in colour , until it became a blue-grey mist seething over the heads of the musicians , almost as if the sweat generated by their exertions was steaming in cold air above them . |
| 25 | Every morning and evening he came and my wing got better , though it still hurt and was just a little crooked . |
| 26 | It still tasted or bleach . |
| 27 | It still stank and his nobles were so keen to avoid the putrid smell , they sent waxen images of themselves to the church . |
| 28 | Very minor on the scale of things but I 've had a car stolen , erm great inconvenience , ca n't believe its going to happen to you , did n't do any thing to have caused this , locked up and took all the precautions , and yet it still happened and some one , some where out there has my car . |
| 29 | Fascination with the older girls won just as it always did and she crossed the landing , an expanse of lino dotted with what her mother referred to as ‘ slip mats ’ , pushed open the door and went in . |
| 30 | In the past , if a government lost a vote in Parliament over a major policy issue like the Maastricht treaty , it automatically resigned and called a general election . |