Example sentences of "[adv] it [vb past] the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I asked for money from my husband he would talk of all the expenses , of how much it cost the family to keep me . |
| 2 | That 's how long it took the 18-year-old to score with his first touch on his Roker Park debut . |
| 3 | How long it took the teacher to become familiar with the control of the program and to consider how to use it with his pupils . |
| 4 | This time it held out longer , and gradually it learned the way to work its muscles and to develop their strength . |
| 5 | Incidentally , much of its work was done in support of the Citizens ' Advice Bureaux , erm , in which it helped develop er , computer applications , and also it had the courage to organise a major AIDS conference . |
| 6 | OK it had the batteries stuck in with sticky tape , but it kept me going through fifteen Agatha Christies and hundreds of hours of revision — well , pretend revision . |
| 7 | Hyundai 's S-Coupe has always come at a bargain price — but until now it lacked the performance to match its sporty looks . |
| 8 | The review may be evaluated generally by how effectively and efficiently it met the objectives set out in Document 1 , on the basis of which it had been negotiated . |
| 9 | Well it held the conifer did n't it ? |
| 10 | Come holidays abroad it became the thing to sport a deep tan . |
| 11 | The pause had steadied her for a while but then it enabled the gnawing to chew on her once more . |
| 12 | With film , similarly , TV at first was starved , then it did the deals bringing more feature films more quickly to the screen . |
| 13 | Well at least it kept the hockey going so can and see clearer now . |