Example sentences of "it [be] [vb pp] and [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | very old , see I said , there one in antique shop exactly like that , but I said , but it were cracked and they wanted twenty six pound for it . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's done and I hope he likes it , ’ Finlayson told the adjutant . |
| 3 | She said I ca n't promise you , so I thought well I 'm sat six months now , so I phoned this ship thing yesterday on the telly called Just Start , no Start Again whatever it 's called and they gave me , they phoned me yesterday and they gave me a number of Cine Hill , Northampton which is the job advisory centre , adults education and then they phoned me yesterday and they told me who to get in touch with so I 've got an appointment Thursday at erm Northampton with the Social Services Department and they apparently map out all the places where you could go , say , say for instance that St Crispin 's is the mental home I can go there and be with the patients and then I can go to the Marina 's and be taught how to lift and how to bed bath and how to manipulate |
| 4 | ‘ Yeah , they send me the stuff before it 's published and I try to proof read it as well as I can . |
| 5 | The recommendation is simply that it be noted and I wondered if anybody wanted to make a contribution , or ask any questions , put anything forward , on Appendix A. Councillor |
| 6 | I rushed him to hospital and the doctor asked how it was done and I said he 'd fallen over on the step . |
| 7 | ‘ Why Tink , ’ cried Peter , ‘ it was poisoned and you drank it to save my life . |
| 8 | She thought of taking off her overall — ; she was wearing one of Lily 's blouses underneath — only when it was unbuttoned and she looked in the mirror her chest poked out in a most peculiar way . |
| 9 | Th th when the house was built it was painted and I think that used to last it 's lifetime . |
| 10 | She looked up then and saw a flicker of doubt in his dark eyes and then it was gone and he shrugged . |
| 11 | apparently turned up this morning and they want a hundred pound by tomorrow , and they 're coming back tomorrow for it paying him ten pound a week and thought it was gone and he had er none so find a hundred pound by tomorrow and she did n't know where she was going to get it from , she just stood there and burst into tears and run off going on |
| 12 | Then it was gone and he answered mildly : ‘ On the machair . |
| 13 | and er perhaps I thought it was infected and she said yeah animals , he 's got , I mean we 've caught it early , so |
| 14 | ‘ It was loaded and I thought , here 's a chance . |
| 15 | I took the brake out slowly , but it was overweighted and I went up with it . |