Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was the same when her Mum got when it happened to her they got her a load of new clothes and she was trying them on and grandad said hey get in here now . |
| 2 | The reasons why the Eisenhower administration acted as it did in 1956 remain potent , especially when examined without the advantages of hindsight . |
| 3 | What he discovered was that the G cell turned when it met the axons of cells A1 and A2 , whereas C turned and followed two other pioneer cells , P1 and P2 . |
| 4 | Uniformitarianism triumphed because it provided a general theory that was at once logical and seemingly " scientific " . |
| 5 | Luke 's mouth pleasured while it dominated , and his hands roaming insolently about her body were creating havoc , the skilled , confident caresses to which he subjected her a bold proclamation of ownership . |
| 6 | Suddenly , Labour wobbled as it appeared that the Tories might have picked a genuine winner . |
| 7 | The horrific headless figure disappeared as it reached the foot of the steps . |
| 8 | A man and woman in the car died as it was crushed under the lorry . |
| 9 | And what 's more , we want to see that ice rink filled because it 's the greatest family sporting entertainment you could ever wish to see and with the crowd behind you it gives you that extra buzz . |
| 10 | If it still remains uncomfortable , then we , then we need to have a closer look and we may need to get the eye specialist involved if it 's refused to settle down . |
| 11 | However , reports questioning Shah 's independence grew after it emerged that Irfanullah Marwat Khan , implicated in the alleged gang-rape of a close friend of the PPP leader Benazir Bhutto [ see p. 38683 ] , had been retained as an adviser to the new provincial government . |
| 12 | The Judge said if it had cost one penny more he would have been hanged . |
| 13 | The engine whistled as it came into the wide bay of railway lines beside the colliery , where rows of trucks stood in harbour ( 11 ) . |
| 14 | As soon as it was light the farmer sent the child out into the fields ; and there the child remained while it was still light . |
| 15 | But the question remained whether it could really mean much in practice . |
| 16 | Rain asked whether it had been an especially productive period . |
| 17 | ‘ But wo n't they fall over the milk-crates ? ’ a teacher asked when it was proposed that two young children with severe visual problems should join the reception group . |
| 18 | a similar point arose where it proposed to serve the writ and an Anton Piller order out of the jurisdiction on a Belgian company . |
| 19 | Her torso itched as it puffed up like a flightless bird 's , and her legs dwindled and divided into a clump of Cthulhoid tentacles . |
| 20 | The bomb-shell exploded when it added that those sixty-six coupons must last for a whole year . |
| 21 | Leith 's mutiny ebbed when she thought how ill and distraught Travis was making himself over his love , and the seed of an idea of appealing to Travis to save her job withered before it was half born . |
| 22 | The scale of the potential danger emerged when it was revealed that the dam holds back an estimated 3.5 million tons of toxic sludge from a now-closed lead and zinc mine nearby , containing harmful levels of these and other metals . |
| 23 | Is it paternalistic approval bestowed whether it is really deserved or not , or acknowledgement of output targets that are routinely reached . |
| 24 | The frog 's forehead bulged as it tried to get its mind around a new idea . |
| 25 | The King asked whether it would be approved , and Baldwin skilfully replied that it would not be acceptable to the country , thereby keeping any question of the Government 's own veto in the background . |
| 26 | When Philip of Colombière 's nephew killed the niece of the bishop of Bayeaux , King Henry II 's court behaved as it would have done in the previous century in reconciling the parties by arranging a settlement between them . |
| 27 | And I , I 'm going to be working from behind Denise because you all need to see , but you would be working from the front as I 've already talked about , so you need your triangular bandage , alright , and there 's your long edge , and there 's your point as we call it , a sort of elbow shaped , think of that as elbow shaped because it always goes towards the injured elbow . |
| 28 | Lowering his head , he captured her mouth , expertly learned all there was to know about Ellie Browne 's responses — all about how putty felt when it was thoroughly warmed . |
| 29 | When it was over , the top of his head ached where it had been crammed up against the headboard and there were red marks just below his knees where his legs had gone over the footboard . |
| 30 | The reason that we can not calculate the necessary correction is that we do not know which way the photon went when it bounced into the microscope . |