Example sentences of "[noun sg] in [conj] [vb past] it " in BNC.

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1 Letting Gomez loose , Trent heaved a loop of his neck rope in and tied it to the fishing-line , leaving enough slack so that the strain was off Gomez 's legs .
2 Then they brought food in and laid it inside her shelter .
3 ‘ Tom lay down on the grass and looked into the clear , clear limestone water , with every pebble at the bottom bright and clean , while the little silver trout dashed about in fright at the sight of his black face ; and he dipped his hand in and found it so cool , cool , cool ; and he said , ‘ I will be a fish ; I will swim in the water ; I must be clean , I must be clean ’ . ’
4 I put my hand in and found it .
5 She put her hand in and pulled it out .
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