Example sentences of "[pers pn] [conj] it [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wondered what her father and brothers were doing at that moment , and pictured Niall and Roger riding in through the castle gate with more stories of escapades , cattle raids , skirmishes , pranks and hunting expeditions ; and so vividly could she imagine them that it seemed that she actually heard their voices , saw their red-cheeked smiles , and smelt the leather of their boots and the steam from their bodies when they came into the big kitchen at the end of a day . |
| 2 | I thought of Angela Brickell 's death and of the attacks on Harry and me and it seemed that all three had had one purpose , which was to keep things as they were . |
| 3 | Ample proof indeed that it had recognized them and it realized that it was the entrance to its home . |
| 4 | There was a rough equality between them which pleased him since it ignored and slipped through the magical armour of those clothes , the possessions , the name , the title , the carriage and four , the weight of deference and the history of servility . |
| 5 | Eubank is also asking for £1m to fight Benn once more but admitted : ‘ I would even take it if it meant that the winner got Pounds 1m and the loser only half as much — the fight is that important to me . ’ |
| 6 | I wish to make it clear that I have no intention of using that power at present , but I would be prepared to use it if it emerged that individuals ' interests were not being properly protected by the scheme in practice . |
| 7 | I stood and looked at it and it came and rubbed itself against my leg . |
| 8 | There was no padlock on it and it squealed as Prentice pushed it open |
| 9 | He moved his hand and touched her breast through the robe she wore , found the nipple and stroked it until it hardened and she stirred . |
| 10 | No it , we took it to this bloke and I do n't know what he 's done with it because it played before we took it and when he , he said it were n't worth doing and when we brought it back it wo n't even roll now even play now will it ? |
| 11 | It was worth all the hard work that we had put into it because it got that we used to use the town park towards the latter part of Barnardos day and all the men that we had gathered together used to have to erect every piece of fence to enclose like it is now , the park , is enclosed now with with fencing the men that were helping us did that all voluntarily ! |
| 12 | Miriam was smiling down at it while it squirmed and stretched , screwing up its tiny face and fists with the effort it was making . |
| 13 | It seemed as if he would answer it before it rang and we 'd arrange to go out . ’ |
| 14 | I measured it when it died and confirmed it was the correct species by carrying out various ichthyological classification data , such as scale counts and rin ray counts . |