Example sentences of "a [noun] [vb past] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ringed plovers pattered at the water 's edge of a muddy creek and a whimbrel whistled as it flew overhead . |
| 2 | Above him a raven cawed as it flew to hunt over the mudflats along the river . |
| 3 | The Roman Research Trust declined to be interviewed , but a spokesman denied that it had acted in any way improperly . |
| 4 | Somewhere out of sight , cicadas filled the air with their high-pitched whirring and , in the distance , a woodpecker shrieked as it swooped from tree to tree in a flash of yellow , green and red . |
| 5 | An inquest has been told that a plane crashed because it had a flat battery . |
| 6 | An inquest has been told that a plane crashed because it had a flat battery . |