Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 2 | ‘ It was then that they released the Wheel and it came bowling down the hill not more than ten yards from where I was standing . |
| 3 | The boat lurched as his hands slackened on the wheel and it hit the wake of a speeding launch . |
| 4 | It 's my job to keep a check on the stock and it seemed a good chance to get something done … ’ |
| 5 | You were asked to phone in , so , erm , so our phone was out of order , so I had a phone card and it had four units on it . |
| 6 | During the weeks directly afterwards he confided his distress in Keith Gregory and it established a strong bond between them . |
| 7 | Then , he wrote a West End musical based on his aunt 's Remembering Judi and it transferred to Broadway , with Nina Kenyon making an impressive singing debut in her original role , finally outgrossing everything written by Andrew Lloyd Webber . |
| 8 | And now he was passing a second and more dilapidated pillbox and it struck him that the whole headland had the desolate look of an old battlefield , the corpses long since carted away but the air vibrating still with the gunfire of long-lost battles , while the power station loomed over it like a grandiose modern monument to the unknown dead . |
| 9 | Ultimately , their efforts brought those ‘ Peace People ’ the Nobel Peace Prize in December 1977 , but controversy over that award added to the movement 's inability to sustain its momentum and it faded from the newspaper front pages . |
| 10 | His appearance in the Toyota World Match Play at Wentworth in October was his 17th in succession and it gave him the chance of winning the title for a record sixth time . |
| 11 | That was her style in the Falklands and it remained her style in a number of the confrontations that she faced over the next years . |
| 12 | We did n't stop talking like but the talk s just sort of stemmed around the house and the kids and it did n't go any further than that . |
| 13 | The largest was at Gretna on the Solway Firth and it became no less than a State-developed new town , south-west of the existing village . |
| 14 | ‘ So we made the pickup and it did really well . |
| 15 | Dawn was just breaking and I began to see a little more civilisation and it looked sort of right . |
| 16 | She had looked into the midnight-dark eyes and it had n't seemed to matter at all that the plaza was a very busy place . |
| 17 | There was still a little awe in her wide grey eyes and it added to the astonishingly innocent look that intrigued everyone . |
| 18 | She thought she detected the ghost of amusement in his blue eyes and it incensed her even more . |
| 19 | Once when I was looking out the back of the palace and shots around the back and a shell hit the palace , so it came in my eyes and it hit |
| 20 | Her shoulders sagged in defeat and it became clear to the watching man that she accepted their veracity . |
| 21 | always spread a and I I was listening to or or during a programme and it said er , we 're always told how firms are going down the shoot ! |
| 22 | I saw this , I saw this programme , I saw his programme and it said , no , listen , listen , no listen , bulimia 's where you eat too much |
| 23 | Within days I had changed my mind and it seemed that the only sensible form of transport would be a Sherman tank . |
| 24 | in fact all of our horses main meeting , me mother and Jim they were all up and running and if , they were front runners , you know and they were all finished and James he backed a two hundred to one shot , I says you 're joking , aye it was up there with 'em mind and it finished twelfth , he said well it was a good bet |
| 25 | She had a neat , methodical mind and it pleased her to hunt around for an odd half-hour or so to fill with planting lettuces or doing the mending . |
| 26 | Dark clouds enveloped the aircraft and it began to bump through them . |
| 27 | However , the Baltimore was a good aircraft and it needed a direct hit to knock one down and so , despite our damage , I was able to get the aircraft back to base . ’ |
| 28 | She tugged at the arm around her neck and it shifted enough for her to yell , ‘ Travis look out ! ’ |
| 29 | I had been very naive when we started out in Rotherham and it came as a shock to me to realize that not everyone can see the justness of a just cause . |
| 30 | By by the third Summer I think it had outlived its usefulness and it had become much more like a a mini-goose fair . |