Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv prt] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forresters first was after a ball dinked over to White on the right hand side of the box ( facing goal ) , he hooked it over his shoulder — square to about the pen spot and forrester did a flying scissor-kick/volley which flew into the net . |
| 2 | Primaflora took the kerchief and drew it over her cheeks and then held it taut , staring at the damp blotches . |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , yes , yes ; in fact — ’ He dropped his head now and , picking up his pudding spoon , he traced it round his empty plate before he said , ‘ I 'm going to volunteer . ’ |
| 4 | Think you ended up with a cough and a cold and she 's gon na catch it , I caught it off you . |
| 5 | We moved it once and apparently it had to go a zoo after that cos when we moved it back it was about twelve foot long , and then of course it g grew even larger than that . |
| 6 | Her fingers trembling with excitement , she fastened it around her neck . |
| 7 | Although not entirely convinced that the necklace was without real value , Alice did not protest as Félix fastened it around her neck . |
| 8 | He had lifted the locket on its fine gold chain and deftly fastened it around her neck . |
| 9 | With a gesture of annoyance , she reached for a rope of jet beads and fastened it around her neck . |
| 10 | She leant over to him as he fastened it around her throat . |
| 11 | When he rolled away from her , she idly pulled a frond of fern and stroked it down his cheek . |
| 12 | Even if I tried it on I thought she would stop me . |
| 13 | Mark Gill picked up the ball in the middle of the Park and , with the Portadown defence spreadeagled and offering no challenge , he calmly lobbed it over their heads and also that of Magee who had come off his line . |
| 14 | Philippa had taken her black kerchief off and twisted it around her fingers as she sat at Lee 's feet . |
| 15 | This made her left foot very cold , so she twisted it round her right ankle . |
| 16 | I meant too a , I buggered it up I . |
| 17 | Yeah , well you know this , this Selby 's one that was the same , when the switchboard was busy it would er , if you , if you sees line three and played it down , well if anybody sees line three and played it down it used to do that or if you sees the intercom that did it , says it 's more like the Selby 's one than the new one |
| 18 | Cos underneath it , I mean it did n't look nice but when she lifted it up it 's how mine was , like it is now , flat underneath . |
| 19 | The tray did n't fit very well , she noticed , and when she lifted it out she discovered why . |
| 20 | As his eyes fell on the crucifix he realized that he 'd always loathed it , and in a small gesture of defiance he lifted it off its hook and set it down on top of the filing cabinet . |
| 21 | At that moment the coffee arrived , and as Luce opened a pack of sugar and stirred it in he remarked , ‘ I see you 're engaged , Miss Weston . ’ |
| 22 | They suggest that ‘ early-warning systems ’ would help politicians to swallow this often unpalatable medicine before speculators rammed it down their throats . |
| 23 | And when she was dressed and ready , she took her necklace out of some box or cupboard and clasped it round her throat , to complete her outfit . |
| 24 | Corbett nodded and , taking his heavy sword belt from Ranulf , clasped it round his waist . |
| 25 | no I did n't , I did n't mean that , I did n't mean that I turned it over I 'm not gon na false out bloody conversation just for the sake of it |
| 26 | I took the fedora from the hat peg and perched it over my brow . |
| 27 | But the wind licked it off I suppose . |
| 28 | And Beauty in her turn was sober , sensible , and one hundred per cent reliable — until the day she carefully picked up in her teeth a full bucket of water , and then just as carefully poured it over her owner 's head ! |
| 29 | And , I was prattling on to your dad , saying when we claimed it back when we claimed it back we 'll bring it early but |
| 30 | I brung it up I because |