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 . |