Example sentences of "[vb past] it that [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they still worked it that if you were working , of course I went to the Ministry of Supply |
| 2 | The Nazis called it that because we had radio operators we code-named musicians . |
| 3 | ‘ Only that the house agents called it that when they advertised it . |
| 4 | Rumour had it that although he made his home in an unoccupied derelict house near the CPR docks , he was really very wealthy , having buried his family fortune long ago and quite forgotten where he had left it . |
| 5 | Rumour had it that if you went to a Norman Mailer party , you 'd see people smoking marijuana , covertly passing around a joint behind the bushes at the bottom of the garden . |
| 6 | Tradition had it that if the corn-dolly reached the following year 's harvest intact , it augured well for the farm in the year to come . |
| 7 | It was the very symbol of wealth , and yet tradition had it that when the fish swam up-river in great numbers it was a harbinger of social unrest . |