Example sentences of "it [coord] [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While long-standing fans either relished it or waited patiently for them to return to straightforward indie pop , more than a few older folk fans switched on the enigma of The Wedding Present . |
| 2 | He doubted if room 19 even existed ; nobody in his circle had ever seen it or knew where it was situated . |
| 3 | I mean , my mother left money for me , it 's in a trust , it gives me something , but he wo n't let me touch the rest of it or set up in anything , he 's a trustee . |
| 4 | Compulsory admission occurred where the doctor ascribed the sick role but the patient did not accept it or did not react at all . |
| 5 | In 1988 , the Sunday Times Insight team had been sent this dossier , read it and chose not to rely on it . |
| 6 | He eased his broad shoulders away from it and strolled slowly towards her , a faint , confident smile playing about his lips . |
| 7 | This house was run down until the owner completely renovated it and redecorated inside and out , and transformed it into an impressive home |
| 8 | Reports said a SAM 727 had just touched down at El Dorado international airport when an Air France Boeing 747 came roaring over it and landed ahead on the same runway . |
| 9 | He crashed into a table , somersaulted over it and landed heavily on the carpet . |
| 10 | Li Yuan went across to it and reached up gently , stroking its neck , its dappled flank . |
| 11 | Plucking up her courage , Constance took advantage of it and plunged ahead . |
| 12 | Even as she observed this , it did just that , slithered off the nail which supported it and plunged headfirst into the deep blue of the mantelpiece . |
| 13 | He got hold of it and hung on . |
| 14 | I put my forehead against it and hung on with both hands . |
| 15 | Certainly Jesus refined it and filled out its theology , but he still accepted it as God-breathed rather than the confused and ill-considered thoughts of ignorant men . |
| 16 | I ignored it and carried on taking a long break . |
| 17 | As one of my comrades put it : " One bloke tried it and finished up in the Glasshouse . |
| 18 | Finally they — they tired of it and ran off . |
| 19 | This girl had not of course been told of the scandal of the boss 's daughter , and she willingly went to the tall cabinet , found the card , read it to Alice who memorised it and ran out . |
| 20 | When the Sergeant returned with steaming liquid in a tin container , Charles warmed his hands round it and gazed out across the flat expanse of his new command . |
| 21 | She pushed a cigarette between her dry lips then fumbled in her coat pocket for a lighter and , cupping her trembling fingers around the flame , lit it and inhaled deeply . |
| 22 | I retreated to leave the master to it and lay happily in the sun . |
| 23 | And the worst part was , everyone else seemed to understand it and strode out to the quay full of knowledgeable confidence . |
| 24 | ‘ They came to an uninhabited hut where they made a fire to dry their clothes , for all of them were wet through to the skin , and an old sail was spread upon the bare ground , which served as a bed for the Prince , who was very well pleased with it and slept soundly . ’ |
| 25 | I know of one boy who tried it and lasted only fourteen hours ! |
| 26 | the was that the first one was was more or less science orientated an I I , I looked at it and thought how how I could how I could make it such that it was common |
| 27 | His mind a careful blank , he reached to the shelf over it and took down a small plastic bag . |
| 28 | She opened it and took out several half crowns , silver threepenny pieces and some pennies . |
| 29 | His eyes shone as he opened it and took out a gold watch covered in jewels . |
| 30 | Edward turned to the jewel box beside him , opened it and took out a small gold ring with a precious ruby winking in the centre . |