Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] [vb past] it [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against : almost nothing I can put my finger on , except that it 's a darned expensive guitar and I expected it to justify its price by being inspiring — which , for all of us who tried it , it somehow failed to be . |
| 2 | A fine stone bridge spans the beck below Swinner Gill Kirk and I crossed it to follow the gill back below Moss Dam Hags and out along the top of Arn Gill Scar . |
| 3 | It was so wonderful and I wanted it to go on forever . |
| 4 | And you told it to leave it be ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why Tink , ’ cried Peter , ‘ it was poisoned and you drank it to save my life . |
| 6 | The princes had not been mentioned and she assumed it to have been instructions for some special task commissioned privately by the new constable . |
| 7 | The cat 's owner was leaving the area and could not keep the animal , and she wanted it to have a nice home . |
| 8 | It was a neat line to end on and she used it to excuse herself and go upstream to wash , using the chilly water to freeze her blood and perhaps put a coat of ice about her heart . |
| 9 | A ball of green wool was passed around and we used it to bind ourselves together as the singing continued . |
| 10 | Selecting the right sized Disc , we took a pan of milk and we allowed it to heat to the point where it was about to boil over . |
| 11 | They had surrounded him with horror and stupidity , with all the paraphernalia of this so-called human excess , and they expected it to bring him down , to reduce him still further from the once proud state he had fallen from , but they would not succeed . |
| 12 | Action for the good of England was something which the writer admired , and he demanded it to forestall the enemy . |
| 13 | She gave him the bundle and he opened it to examine the contents . |
| 14 | I hurried to the Adjutant and he opened it to find an urgent request for a volunteer to serve in Southern Arabia . |
| 15 | His anger was still there , and he used it to break into her . |
| 16 | You told me to throw it away before but I kept it to put that other mug in it . |
| 17 | But I used it to pay off the barman at the Tomorrowman for the damage . |
| 18 | ‘ But I wanted it to happen . |
| 19 | It did not deserve to live , but we wanted it to live . |
| 20 | He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out . |
| 21 | I know he hated it , but he wore it to please me . ’ |
| 22 | it was supposed to be a normal meeting but he changed it to talk about the cuts you know the |
| 23 | Not only did it meet the airline 's losses without the latter suffering any real penalty , but it enabled it to pursue its plans to take a 6 billion franc ( 37.5 per cent ) shareholding in the Belgian state-owned carrier Sabena , which was in an equally parlous financial state . |