Example sentences of "[noun pl] and it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We did n't stop talking like but the talk s just sort of stemmed around the house and the kids and it did n't go any further than that . |
| 2 | She had looked into the midnight-dark eyes and it had n't seemed to matter at all that the plaza was a very busy place . |
| 3 | There was still a little awe in her wide grey eyes and it added to the astonishingly innocent look that intrigued everyone . |
| 4 | She thought she detected the ghost of amusement in his blue eyes and it incensed her even more . |
| 5 | Once when I was looking out the back of the palace and shots around the back and a shell hit the palace , so it came in my eyes and it hit |
| 6 | ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’ |
| 7 | The King was , however , also King of his Dominions and it had been provided by the Statute of Westminster 1931 , s.4 , that Parliament should not legislate for the Dominions ( defined as Australia , Canada , the Irish Free State , Newfoundland , New Zealand and the Union of South Africa ) except at the request of and with the consent of the Dominion concerned . |
| 8 | The driver spun the wheel as the Mercedes reached the end of the row of parked cars and it skidded sideways , the left corner of the rear bumper crumpling in a flash of sparks as it glanced off the wall . |
| 9 | Her father was a dealer in second-hand cars and it seemed he did pretty well at it . |
| 10 | Set off with the towing Julie 's car and the tow rope just snapped in two , and it jerked both cars and it cut off the fuel . |
| 11 | It did n't just start off with human beings , they s started in sectors and it spread . |
| 12 | Well , if a brick layer lays bricks why does n't a plumbers lay plums and it said the little boy to his mother . |
| 13 | Supersight had one of the biggest stands and it stood , emblazoned with the company logo , in the centre of the tent . |
| 14 | The name of William Bliss was known throughout the world for his quality tweeds and it continued long after his death . |
| 15 | He shrugged his shoulders and it fell down his arms . |
| 16 | The work was heart-breaking because of the shortage of homes and it showed that many old people were living in distress . |
| 17 | But certain individuals clearly played crucial roles and it meant names had to be mentioned . |
| 18 | ‘ It only came a couple of inches over the white line , he hit the brakes and it shot one way and then the other , ’ he said . |
| 19 | It was concerned that proposed new arrangements should not lead to undue development in sensitive areas and it favoured a degree of continuing Government control over minimum standards at motorway service areas . |
| 20 | But we were moving in different directions and it had been clear for some while that we stayed together out of habit . |
| 21 | Then she had the severest strain put on the control of her newly awakened ear-boxing predilection when his mouth twitched at the corners and it seemed , for a moment , that her sarcasm had amused him . |
| 22 | Marie and Bella sat on until the sun left the gardens and it began to grow cold . |
| 23 | The KPR was unduly idealistic in aspirations and it proclaimed a programme that was too grandiose . |
| 24 | At an election rally in the Wembley Conference Centre in 1983 , I stood on a nail in my training shoes and it went nearly four centimetres into my foot . |
| 25 | ‘ It was good quality stuff , good to work on and I gradually worked my way up to being one of the house engineers and it took off from there . ’ |
| 26 | Thus , all ‘ go ’ periods tended to be followed by ‘ stop ’ periods and it became difficult to achieve long-term economic growth . |
| 27 | Judge Cox said that he was satisfied that in the summer of 1990 there was foam on the surface of the River Creedy for significant periods and it damaged the fishing rights . |
| 28 | A horrible weakness seemed to have invaded her limbs and it took a supreme effort to drag her attention back to the conversation . |
| 29 | I was one of her daisies and it meant that we had all these hats on , which were very unattractive — a rubber hat and on top was the daisy , so when you swam around and the people looked down at you , they just saw these daisies . |
| 30 | But it would be old lamps and Peedie bits of and when you speak about long ago times I associate the smell of paraffin and sawdust and cooking apples and all that you go into Peedie shops and there was a fine relationship , you go in and Well I used to be for the old folk and they were all awful good to me , and the particular and we used to go every Saturday night to a shop called Blacks and it stayed open till nine o'clock . |