Example sentences of "[vb past] it [pn reflx] " in BNC.

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1 Donaldson said in a voice which suggested that he even doubted it himself .
2 She had these maps One of them was drawn on an old envelope , a paper one I do n't know how she came by it Maybe she drew it herself , when she was young , and forgot .
3 I designed it myself . ’
4 I gather that you built it yourself in one of your sheds and that it was there until Saturday afternoon , the day of the festival — is that right ? ’
5 The children built it themselves , underground , and it was their ‘ secret place ’ which they filled with useful domestic items as well as making a place for the gun .
6 I designed and built it myself . ’
7 I used it myself this morning . ’
8 We retrieved the dented , cracked , chipped and broken and repaired what we could and used it ourselves .
9 After the film I tried it myself , with similar results .
10 You can never say who is going to try it and who is n't — I mean , I even tried it myself .
11 She said , alright , gets into this , and off we go down the road , the steering 's all stiff , I tried it myself , , alright , all of sudden she got all excited at the indicators .
12 Later on Adam wondered if his father had made all this up or if he really believed it himself .
13 She wanted to rehearse all her wisdom out loud to someone so that she could find out if she still believed it herself .
14 He did not feed this to the eagles but sat and ate it himself , and spent more time staring into the deserted depths of Minch 's cage than any other .
15 The trade papers not only advocated that managers should take soundings but also practised it themselves and they always encouraged managers to have their own say and to pass on what they had learnt .
16 The boys organized it themselves .
17 ‘ I dug it myself . ’
18 ‘ I shredded it myself , without looking at it .
19 This woman I 'd never seen , darker than me , darker than mum , my height but four times as big every other way , her hair hanging down in a big shaggy mane that looked as if she cut it herself once a year , big wooden earrings in her ears and a dress down to the floor with embroidery all over it and her feet stuffed into ugly shoes that were made of leather She told us that She wanted us to admire them , because this was a big day for her , Auntie Muriel had got dressed up to come to the city and see her sister and her sister 's child .
20 A pony or their feet , I walked it myself , but er right out that way .
21 Must admit I rather enjoyed it myself , ’ confessed Moreau with a laugh .
22 Miss Lister administered it herself , and during her life there continued the practice she had begun in 1817 of keeping a daily journal .
23 I did find the window open , and locked it myself because of the way it was rattling in the wind .
24 I reached past him and slotted it myself .
25 Anything tampered with in the kitchen could not be guaranteed to reach Sir Thomas unless the poisoner served it himself .
26 Taught it myself , you know .
27 ‘ I 'm sorry , but she raised it herself .
28 ‘ I tell you , I did n't believe the lad until I heard it myself .
29 She remembered how , side by side , they had hacked and burned the underbrush , borrowed a plough and pulled it themselves , working feverishly to get a little harvest to last them through the first arctic-cold winter .
30 Never much fancied it myself .
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