Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb past] it [vb past] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the advice scheme now permitted access to a solicitor on any question of English law and the advertising campaign which launched it stressed the ‘ social welfare ’ problems now within the scheme , it was disappointing that the first evidence of usage showed little deviation from the traditional pattern . |
| 2 | The writer has collected three instances of this practice : two in the Stowmarket district and one near Mendlesham where the farmer who recalled it made the comment after the cold and wet spring of 1963 : ‘ I do n't know how those owd bors who used to set on the seed-bed would get on today : I reckon they 'd get themselves right chilled . ’ |
| 3 | The insolent way she said it made the other girls gasp with astonishment . |
| 4 | The way he said it made the name sound like orchids and honey . |
| 5 | Only in the case of the General Strike and the events which surrounded it did the participation of the Prime Minister match his degree of ultimate responsibility . |
| 6 | The military claimed that his killing , in the national penitentiary , was the work of Aristide supporters , but this version was disputed by analysts who thought it marked the settling of old scores between Lafontant and his opponents within the army . |