Example sentences of "[v-ing] it [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1929 the work of a cub reporter on a small town daily newspaper occupied his time from early morning until often late at night , seven days a week — in other words whenever something newsworthy was happening it had to be covered , and there were no limits to the time spent or the hours required to adequately cover any given assignment . |
| 2 | Even if it was your they 're saying it belonged to yourself . |
| 3 | He flung the bedcovers off and stood up , shaking and staring wildly into the darkness , trying to identify the threat , knowing it had to be the Corsican and bracing himself for the shotgun blast that would cut him in half , disembowel him , blow his head off , send it bouncing across the floor of the bedroom . |
| 4 | Rachel straightened her shoulders , knowing it had to be said . |
| 5 | First the chemical identity of penicillin had to be established : second , a method of making it had to be found . |
| 6 | She opened the door , thinking it led to a bedroom . |
| 7 | They were therefore leaving it exposed to the elements until it reached the point where ministers decided it was a waste of time and money to restore it . |
| 8 | How trivial and demeaning it seemed to him now . |