Example sentences of "[vb past] [to-vb] it [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 They stayed there for about twenty minutes , walked where once there had been fear and intimidation , tried to imagine it as it had been , wondered who 'd died there , whose dreams had been shattered .
2 With an effort of will he tried to stop it but it carried on trembling .
3 He agreed to do it because it flattered his ego .
4 Rather than immediately repealing the existing Informatics Law of 1984 , however , the government decided to abolish it when it expires in 1992 .
5 There was a flurry of yelps and scurryings but nobody managed to field it and it rolled almost up to Maxim 's feet .
6 He kicked it away from the bars , then continued to boot it as it shambled deeper into the hut .
7 yeah one of Andy 's cases this morning I had to do it where it had growth old cash on it , which it should n't have had so it was quite handy .
8 The telephone trilled politely , and she ran to get it before it disturbed Rosie .
9 Books from Boots Library had small labels in them which , if a reader wanted to buy it when it had finished its circulation life , he could fill in and give to the librarian when he returned it .
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