Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] it [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.

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1 The cold was intense , but I welcomed it because it gave us an excuse to lie close together for warmth .
2 I measured it when it died and confirmed it was the correct species by carrying out various ichthyological classification data , such as scale counts and rin ray counts .
3 The frame around them is extremely heavy , but I chose it because it reminded me of some of the heavier framed Victorian pictures that have a botanical feel .
4 If I did it and it did n't come out as good as I thought , or if I failed , then I 'll deal with that , but until I take that chance I 'll never know .
5 I had something here I differentiated it and it gave me T so what what was it ?
6 and I differentiated it and it gave me D Y by D X equals X.
7 Cos when I went to bed I mean , you know I tested it and it did n't seem too bad .
8 She tried it and it flickered .
9 The second stone had more force behind it , but Rose took a half step back as she threw it and it went wide .
10 The paper bag slipped , she grabbed it and it tore open at the bottom , spilling its contents onto the empty teacups near Miss Angus and turning some of them over with an attention-drawing rattle .
11 That was how she saw it and it added to her perturbation just as the sight of Tom leading hay over under the far wood gave her a quite unnecessary pang for she had never really loved him .
12 and er , and er she put it and it smashed
13 Apparently this new method had been tried out down south and it seemed ideal for the temperamental Orkney climate because you harvested when it was green and then you put it in a pit and packed it with a tractor and then you left it until it turned black and rotted and then you cut it up in chunks and fed it to the cattle .
14 Luckily we killed it before it became a full-blown institution and today no one seriously expects that food , or clothing , or even that overriding necessity , a television set , should be subsidised for all consumers , still less for a minority .
15 ‘ She started dancing around and we did it because it felt right . ’
16 We missed it when it stopped .
17 Usually , on reconnaissance escort , the Germans drove the camera plane home within ten minutes , and often they got it before it recrossed the Line .
18 And then they stopped it and it got spread about and then blah blah blah and then it came well it spread all through Europe and
19 I think some of them do , yes , I know s er some of them have said how much they enjoyed it when it started off first , but er but now it 's just got that wee bit more serious .
20 Someone had something some function of X here they differentiated it and it gave them X squared no what did they differentiate ?
21 The house was in bad shape when they bought it and it took six months to finish .
22 He blasted it and it went in a straight line from his foot to the top right hand corner .
23 Thus , despite all the effort he had devoted to the cause of German unification , he opposed it when it came through the force of Prussian arms and Bismarckian diplomacy .
24 The spring rain soaked him but it was warm and he licked it as it trickled down his lip .
25 I remember how he signed it because it sounded so impressive : ‘ T. Buckland Kettering ’ . ’
26 The stick he was holding caught fire and he held it as it flared up , watching the flames draw near his hand , feeling the heat on the skin , then the pain .
27 He had no experience of deep love , but he recognized it when it struck him hard and unexpectedly .
28 Finally , it ended it as it had began , with a problem of communication .
29 When receiving a ball from Clarke , he missed it but it caught the straps and was taken by the ‘ keeper . ’
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