Example sentences of "[vb pp] it [vb past] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Well the people that done it did n't get caught but the corridor on which it happened was fined for all the equipment .
2 Clive had said it did n't matter .
3 In 1955 also the idea of a Children 's Church on Sunday mornings was first suggested ( thought it did not start till November 1960 ) and in December 1955 for the first time there was a Christmas tree in church .
4 Thus a child whose nightdress catches fire because when supplied it did not comply with the safety regulations will be able to claim compensation for her burns from the manufacturer .
5 Although I was complimented it did not prevent my being officer of the watch .
6 When Marsh was dumped it did not concern him that as Australian captain anything he said or did might be misconstrued or magnified many times over .
7 It was possible to believe that the sale and all the unpleasantness which had followed it had never taken place .
8 ‘ I had n't realised it had all taken so long — it was lunchtime when the alarm went off . ’
9 He replied that on the facts as stated it did not appear , at least so far as the testator 's words were concerned , that it was entrusted to Pamphilus that he should make over a hundred .
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