Example sentences of "[coord] [vb past] it [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course there was still some opportunity for children to earn money while they were at school , and where those opportunities were taken there is evidence that parents considered this as part of the household income and expected it to be handed over ( Jamieson , 1986 ) . |
| 2 | The water damaged the plaintiff 's house and caused it to be left empty . |
| 3 | He collected the scurrilous gossip and the half-truths about Modi , much of it from Beatrice , and sent it to be collated by Douglas Goldring ( Charles Douglas was his pseudonym ) , who produced the book Artist Quarter , the first extensive biography in English of Modigliani . |
| 4 | This method of grinding grain had to await the human skill to fabricate tools from two materials because three wooden parts were essential to the rotary mill : the rynd which bridged the eye of the runner stone and enabled it to be hung on top of the wooden spindle , and the handle , used for turning the running stone . |
| 5 | He seems to have been shy and introspective , but liked it to be known that his was the power behind the scenes . |
| 6 | Parents also wanted an increased availability of specialist ‘ therapy ’ time , but wanted it to be used in a more flexible way . |