Example sentences of "[vb past] the [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having worked himself into a highly nervous state , he clenched his fists against his sides , saying in a grating voice , ‘ My own father lacked the courage when it came right down to it … |
| 2 | Usually the girls devoured the roulade before it left Coleherne Court . |
| 3 | But it like , doubled the work but it looks |
| 4 | For the first time a sensation pierced the numbness and it caused Joe 's body to jerk and send a message to his brain that created the desire to shout , ‘ Do n't call me that , because I 'm not a sir . |
| 5 | Shafts of bright sunlight pierced the smoke as it welled up from the eaves and spread across the roof in a fine blue film. , Kāli came out into the doorway with a plate of puris and a small bowl of oil . |
| 6 | he hugged the dog till it barked . |
| 7 | Sawle acknowledged this on the eve of the final Test when , asked to defend the dumping of Marsh , he made the point that it had been the bowlers — Craig McDermott ( whose 31 wickets made him the highest Australian wicket-taker in a series against India ) , Bruce Reid ( a wrecker in the second Test before breaking down again ) and Merv Hughes — who had been the key figures throughout the series . |
| 8 | ‘ So we made the pickup and it did really well . |
| 9 | In the market place stands the chateau , formerly the bishop 's residence , which was enlarged in Renaissance style in the sixteenth century by the governor who ruled the town after it had become subject to Bern in 1536 . |
| 10 | At the upper critical field the magnetic field completely penetrated the sample and it reverted entirely to its normal state . |
| 11 | When viewing a house we were interested in buying , we asked the owner if it had rear access . |
| 12 | RISC watcher Andrew Allison remembered FRISC as a merchant chip attempt and says he laughed at Micron months ago when it announced the subsidiary because it did n't have the resources or market presence to pull off a new proprietary architecture . |
| 13 | The Change Coordinator will inform the person who requested the change that it has been implemented . |
| 14 | Lord Justice Higgins ' widow , Bridget , daughters , Mary , Lucy and Cait , and sons John and Matthew , led the cortege as it left the church for burial at Milltown Cemetery in Magherafelt . |
| 15 | Perceiving the Army as a protective cover for Loyalism , Catholics attacked the march as it went past the Cloned and Ballymurphy areas . |
| 16 | He smelled the petrol as it covered his skin . |
| 17 | The bell-pushes on the board were all empty , so she tried the door and it opened . |
| 18 | ‘ I see 'd him there , I cuts him down , I loosened the noose and it falls in the water . ’ |
| 19 | He blinked , and caught the smile before it got away . |
| 20 | He caught the tea before it toppled , and sat and held her while she howled her eyes out . |
| 21 | A couple of policemen caught the boat as it came in alongside and steadied it . |
| 22 | A black , beady eye caught the light as it moved on short , powerful legs and toes , and as it crossed the clearing it paused for one brief moment to utter a shrill and prolonged , ‘ Kee … wee … | . ’ |
| 23 | He caught the peel before it hit the floor and threw it out of the window . |
| 24 | notify the person who originally reported the problem that it has been resolved . |
| 25 | The regime used the fact that it had been " approved " in a referendum to prove two apparently contradictory notions , both of which served , nevertheless , to legitimate Franco 's rule . |
| 26 | Umpires Barry Dudleston and John Holder — the man who reported England for tampering with the ball on the same ground against West Indies last year — changed the ball because it had been suspiciously scuffed . |
| 27 | Surrey 's problems started during the 1990 drawn game at Cheltenham when umpires Chris Balderstone and Barrie Leadbeater changed the ball because it had been tampered with . |
| 28 | Judge Richard Groves discharged the jury after it had considered the case for more than six hours . |
| 29 | We drove across it and through an arch where a conscript in a shabby uniform saluted the car as it passed . |
| 30 | Spain united the Left because it represented a real struggle between Fascism and the Left , more vital than the battles against the British Union of Fascists in the streets of London . |