Example sentences of "[adv] and [noun] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had picked them out unerringly and Maggie assumed it was because they were clearly too poor-looking to be guests here . |
| 2 | It clicked irritatingly and Hugo pushed it aside , swivelling his chair around to face the window and the panoramic view of Manhattan . |
| 3 | Jeremy Guscott snatched his 15th try in 24 internationals , Dewi Morris pounced behind the Springbok scrum for his fifth in 11 when Garth Wright 's put-in squirted out too quickly and Carling wrapped it up when two Springboks panicked under an Andrew bomb , allowing him to fall on the ball . |
| 4 | To the left a group of barren islets , suggesting ruins of stone walls , towers and block houses , had its foundations set in a blue sea that itself looked solid , so still and stable did it lie below my feet ; even the track of light from the westering sun shone smoothly , without that animated glitter which tells of an imperceptible ripple ( 2 ) . |
| 5 | The call came through less than five minutes later and Curtis took it . |
| 6 | The winged creature had finished with the boy now and Nuadu thought it had taken its fill of the strange silvery liquid . |
| 7 | and she 'd offered it to Maureen three months before and Maureen turned it down , and they went mad they said you little creep Jan , little bloody sneak |
| 8 | ‘ I was talking about some of the funny things that happen there and Mum said it was the sort of place he should be going to . ’ |
| 9 | Remember when Dad found that puffball up there and Mum did it with bacon — ? ’ |
| 10 | They were waiting for the kettle to boil when the telephone rang again and Helen picked it up . |
| 11 | When we did the rehearsal again and Steven got it right I asked myself , has he played this scene before ? |