Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [conj] it [vb past] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within days I had changed my mind and it seemed that the only sensible form of transport would be a Sherman tank . |
| 2 | The dried blood from my nose was smeared all over the front of my mouth and it cracked when I tried to move my lips . |
| 3 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |
| 4 | Other hands tightened my blindfold until it hurt and started fitting a cloth over my mouth . |
| 5 | She dressed in black trousers and a white blouse with long full sleeves , brushed her hair till it shone and twisted it into a tight knot on top of her head , thinking with satisfaction that Roman would n't like it but she was n't about to let him dictate how she wore her hair , or dressed . |
| 6 | So she lay still , prone , trying to catch the sound of her breathing before it escaped and gave the game away . |
| 7 | I was one of her daisies and it meant that we had all these hats on , which were very unattractive — a rubber hat and on top was the daisy , so when you swam around and the people looked down at you , they just saw these daisies . |
| 8 | A bib had been tied around Bissell 's neck to collect the raw , liquid plaster which oozed from his mouth where it congealed and hardened . |
| 9 | He looked tired and drawn , and for a moment , she told herself there was a look of pleasure in his eyes before it vanished and he reached out to prevent the door closing . |
| 10 | Another landed on his cheek where it sizzled and went out . |
| 11 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
| 12 | H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court . |
| 13 | The sound of his breath as it sawed and whistled in his throat mingled with the rush and whicker of wind among the trees . |
| 14 | and I said then on the , on the Saturday his leg , his wound , he come out of intensive care on the Wednesday and on the Saturday his , his dressing had n't been changed on his leg and it reeked and I said can we actually please have a clean dressing for my dad 's leg , even if I 've got to put the bugger on myself , that was at quarter past eight |
| 15 | When he came back he had their passports and documents in his hand and it seemed that he could not get rid of them quickly enough . |
| 16 | In this — his last — introduction Dicey sought to ‘ compare our constitution as it stood and worked in 1884 with the constitution as it now stands in 1914 ’ His views are illuminating . |