Example sentences of "it [adv prt] [subord] [pron] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er , you know , well of course they were young girls and er , you see and there 's , there was nothing we could do , you see , and , and er , anyway the doctor , as soon as the doctor did come , it was because th the young staff er they had to , they took her away to the mortuary , you see and erm then I , I had to carry on with her work and , and do the best I could and mine as well , you see , but of course er the Manager he appointed another Assistant Manager to go and collect the money which I used to do got it in because I took her times of duty as well and er , you see , and then after that er after several weeks I suppose it was , I do n't know how many because I forget how many , that they appointed me as Manageress and I was in that position for twelve years , you see and |
| 2 | Dad said to me , ‘ Just imagine if you had packed it in when I told you to ! |
| 3 | And it was like rubbing it in when I saw my patient . |
| 4 | He was so unsuccessful that he came close to packing it in until he allowed his gloomy demeanour to shine on stage . |
| 5 | On another occasion , we could all hear a loud buzzing noise in the office and were frantically trying to track it down when I realised what it was . |
| 6 | He kept gulping it down till he made himself ill ; |
| 7 | erm , I have n't , I was gon na go and , I tried phoning Lorne one time I was going through to Glasgow just to see if I could , can I have a , can I have a pint with him or something , erm , just to chew it over cos he suggested you know he 'd made various helpful suggestions , in the meantime I did n't manage to meet him , but in the meantime I did manage to speak to my father-in-law who has a camcorder and er he will be more than happy to erm , he 's also got editing equipment , he would be more than happy you know , to do the home made video that we 've talked about , I need to talk to him about this because the obvious place to do will be the Lyceum on one of your shows |
| 8 | Remembering that all fresh water had to be stored on board , she turned it off while she soaped herself . |
| 9 | He put on a tape of Vivaldi and then switched it off because he said they had too much to talk about . |
| 10 | I was on the pill at the time , but I deliberately left it off because I wanted someone to love . |
| 11 | I slipped it off when they snatched your knife . |
| 12 | He offered to tutor the girl , but after trying to teach her for a while , gave it up as he considered she was unable to focus on what she was being taught . |
| 13 | I mixed it up when I wrote it down If you find something in the text books looks about right and similar to that , use the text book version , I might have written it down wrong . |
| 14 | I radioed one of my men to bring along an extra trailer and I told him to tip it up when he brought it into the field to make sure it was clean |
| 15 | They found most of the equipment to do just that in my flat when they searched it : an answer-machine , my PC and its modem ; another lead or two and it would have been easy to set it up if you knew what you were doing , or just used trial and error and were patient . |
| 16 | Last summer I really lived it up because I treated myself to some peaches . |
| 17 | I put it up cos you said you was cold . |
| 18 | She had made it a habit never to leave medicines lying about since the time she found Emma sucking a Panadol , thinking it was a mint , but thankfully then having the sense to spit it out when she found it was n't . |
| 19 | I crossed it out because I thought it was gon na say cos I thought it said , survey managers are instructed to work at all times |
| 20 | They smashed its skull … and then laid it back where they found it . |
| 21 | ‘ Play this tape once only , then put it back where you found it . |
| 22 | ‘ My daughter 's dog an Alsatian called Prince went over to the men but we called it back when they said they 'd kill it . |
| 23 | So I bring it back because we said we would consider it further . |