Example sentences of "[conj] [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You see this thing did you buy this separately or did it come in the Walkman ? |
| 32 | Was it me or did it look like the game was in slow motion then ? |
| 33 | Or had it taken from him . |
| 34 | Did that commingling of unrelated flavours remind me of another dish , or had it produced a breakthrough in gastronomy ? |
| 35 | As the eldest son , Father shortened his education — or had it shortened for him — and went to help in the family business . |
| 36 | How many millions similar to him have given up the ghost of ambition or had it driven out of them ? |
| 37 | There was no one thing that made it go wrong . |
| 38 | All were matted with puffs of trees ; the bright thread of a waterfall was laid over one , a snail 's silver trail ; and one was crossed by a great rift that made it appear a giant 's helter-skelter . |
| 39 | Holders of this theory would suggest that syphilis was already established in Europe in pre-Columbian days and it was the increase in knowledge and the travel resulting from the Renaissance that made it appear as if a new disease had been introduced . |
| 40 | She realized that it was not shame that made it cower , but further fear . |
| 41 | Any other things that made it made it difficult for you to read ? |
| 42 | He smiled slowly down at her , his gaze centring on her mouth in a way that made it start to throb . |
| 43 | Even with these limitations , the home-grown system brought British Gypsum benefits that made it want to take EDI much further . |
| 44 | But it was something about her , something that made it work between them . |
| 45 | When he tried to talk to Bella in bed at night , there were passing moments of ease and sweetness that made it seem almost possible to recover what had been lost . |
| 46 | After a little tense silence that made it seem as though the very air were holding it breath , he said very evenly , and with dangerous softness . |
| 47 | ‘ Obviously it 's hard work , ’ she adds , ‘ but it really struck a chord with me and that made it seem easy . |
| 48 | And when my mother was baking in a huge ovenware basin , then she 'd have the the erm the flour and the the erm what do you call it that made it rise ? |
| 49 | I suppose that made it sound more businesslike . |
| 50 | Ward said it very quietly this time , but with an emphasis that made it sound like a threat . |
| 51 | In a voice that made it sound like an article of faith , Christine said : ‘ We both know that your father did n't kill mine so why he was late and why he did n't tell the police about it does n't matter . ’ |
| 52 | The sky was huge , a pale , bright , cloudless blue , and the white surface of the road ahead rippled in the heat mirages that made it look like little waves . |
| 53 | This is what one would expect in a process that feeds back positively on itself , further promoting the conditions that got it going in the first place . |
| 54 | Buick also sorted out its muddled product line and drew up a marketing plan that helped it sidestep the most intensely competitive part of the American market . |
| 55 | Last year Philips petitioned Brussels for this price rise , without even telling Sony , the Japanese company that helped it develop the digital disc system . |
| 56 | the trouble was in many ways is the man that booked it had had thirty five years ' experience of removals , he knew all the country you see . |
| 57 | Yes , and the second time that happened it swept across the standing walls there , and in the near end of the caldarium there was somebody standing by the wall . |
| 58 | Quite neglected now , the small church that guarded it has crumbled into ruin . |
| 59 | In this case it was a combination of steam power and the proximity of the River Severn that allowed it to prosper to such a comparatively late date . |
| 60 | In the discussion that followed it became clear that graduated PAF would not be popular . |