Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] and it [vb past] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Only with Bodo , ’ Herr Nordern swore as he pulled his shirt off and it became entangled with his vest .
2 So what they had done it had a big slab there and it had got on it er The World 's Largest Slate Mine , and perhaps you 've seen it yourself they 've rubbed the T off and they put V and somebody 's done a very good job of it er in the same paint and everything .
3 Robinson was still giving him the low-down on life in Whitely when the key rattled in the door again and it opened to admit Rod Porter .
4 Her father Alan ( 43 ) , a garage owner , said : ‘ She was due to start a new school today and it had upset her that much just thinking about it . ’
5 I ironed my big net here and it meant to go up in the window there .
6 The National Assistance Act seemed to turn its back on this doctrines yet it failed to jettison the view entirely and it failed to provide financial resources sufficient to enable the Board to avoid having to distinguish between the claims made by applicants , particularly as regards their more unusual needs .
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