Example sentences of "[to-vb] [noun] [conj] [pron] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew she was n't looking her best at the moment , but they looked the type to know quality when they saw it she thought , as she fluttered he awnings at them , colourless now , tattered and torn by the wind . |
| 2 | And yet he had been thorough , efficient , and ruthless in his investigation , not drawing the line at torture to extract information where he thought it might be withheld . |
| 3 | ‘ You told me to help Estabrook if he needed it . ’ |
| 4 | Oh yes and then I done , I did er I put forty two A north and then I went to put street and I wrote it in , typed it in , but it went underneath forty two A. |
| 5 | Dr Johnson , in his intermittently droll Dictionary , was for once not attempting to stir mirth when he defined it thus : ‘ The first month after marriage , when there is nothing but tenderness and pleasure . ’ |
| 6 | I mean they used to take things er the wedding ring , the jewellery if they 'd got any , towels , sheets , er suits , shoes , er did n't did n't want to sell them , did n't want to get rid of them , they just wanted to borrow money on those , and he used to charge you interest and ticket money when you took it in , and then you 'd got to pay interest when you took it out as well so it was , they were on a good thing . |
| 7 | The first priority was to restore order and she made it plain that she backed the police unequivocally in doing so . |
| 8 | In 1968 the Government introduced the Newspaper Ordnance ( Amendment ) Bill , which empowered the president to order a newspaper to cease publication when he considered it in the public interest to do so . |
| 9 | She was grey haired , quite dumpy with a white coat on and she came to collect sperm if you wanted it stored . |
| 10 | He might be able simply to take love where he found it , enjoy the moment and then move on . |
| 11 | His job was to go out into the bush to take samples and he found it the most unspoilt area on Earth he has ever been to , areas the size of Wales in which no white man has ever set foot . |