Example sentences of "[pron] [conj] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was it me or did it look like the game was in slow motion then ? |
| 2 | She loaned them money , saved it for them or doled it out when necessary , all the transactions being written on the souvenir programme of whatever show she was appearing in . |
| 3 | He pushed his face awkwardly into my hand , nuzzling it like a puppy , and then suddenly grabbed it in both his and kissed it . |
| 4 | Thomas took her hand in both his and stroked it gently . |
| 5 | He took her hand in his and stroked it gently , as he might an unhappy child 's . |
| 6 | Penry took her hand in his and squeezed it . |
| 7 | I do n't often get the chance to take out such an attractive young woman , ’ and put his hand on my knee , I put my hand on top of his and held it there . |
| 8 | Nothing that preceded it could have prepared its audience for a work of such comic brilliance , masterly characterization , and sheer breadth of conception . |
| 9 | You sure it was n't me that wrote it ? |
| 10 | It definitely were n't me that checked it . |
| 11 | you to find that was , it was me that did it . |
| 12 | I said to Bev erm do n't mean to say , I mean I might get home and find she 's got a phone call but she said to me yes I mean we , she did think of going out yesterday , and it was me that stopped it but if I feel so inclined today we 'll go down if she 's in |
| 13 | It 's them that made it worse for the others , if everybody had a stayed up together , and and stayed out , we we everybody had the same troubles , money trouble . |
| 14 | He 'd sounded regretful but pointed out that he had committed himself and felt it would be ill-mannered to tell his hostess he had now made other arrangements . |
| 15 | He 'd even addressed the envelope , bought the stamp by himself and posted it . |
| 16 | He pulled the blanket from underneath himself and draped it over his shoulders . |
| 17 | He landed the plane himself and taxied it over to where President and Mrs Sadat were waiting with a guard of honour , a twenty-one-gun salute , a military band to play the national anthems of Iran and Egypt , and a red carpet . |
| 18 | I laughed at him but , when he heard footsteps in the corridor , he wrenched it off my neck himself and flung it from the window . |
| 19 | Tom mumbled something to himself and handed it to him . |
| 20 | I finished some games in absolute agony , but said nothing and kept it to myself . |
| 21 | Rigorists rejected compromise : they would surrender nothing and understood it to be of the essence of their Christian allegiance that every Lord 's day they would unfailingly celebrate the eucharist . |
| 22 | I closed the door behind me and locked it . |
| 23 | Perhaps they did n't want to scare me and thought it better not to say too much , but I wish they had said something . |
| 24 | After she had squeezed blood out of me and squirted it into little bottles , she said ‘ Thank you very much ’ — I thought ‘ That was n't so bad ’ and was halfway out the door when a nurse redirected me to a bed and rolled up my sleeve . |
| 25 | I nearly forgot you , I mean one week he rang me and had it pinched out of his car |
| 26 | GENEVIEVE CAUDEN : The professor came to me and said it was alright because the guy had shot himself , but I could n't move . |
| 27 | That was my work , then when she came down on duty , she would sit one side of the table with her books and I would sit the other and count all the money , you see , then I would take this money er , in a bag , through on to the black through the , past the ticket collector and take it to the booking office and they took it from me and took it when they took their money to the bank , you see . |
| 28 | My right arm , he forced around in front of me and pressed it hard on to the table so that the fingers splayed out just in front of my face . |
| 29 | As it happened , I emerged a little late and I fear I rather startled the young gentleman , who immediately pulled his attaché case away from me and clutched it to his chest with both arms . |
| 30 | He inspected it carefully , thanked me and lit it . |