Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was too big a puzzle and she let it go although it gnawed away at the back of her mind . |
| 2 | She let it soak while she searched again among the water colours . |
| 3 | He let it fall and they ran down through the field after Caspar . |
| 4 | but he let it lapse because |
| 5 | Billie heard Jenny knock on Adam 's door , heard it open and close again . |
| 6 | As a matter of fact I heard it stop when it reached the house . ’ |
| 7 | I heard it scrape as it was lifted away and his voice sang out . |
| 8 | As he drew near they heard the sickening crack of the rod striking flesh ; once , twice they heard it fall but it brought no anguished shout of pain in response . |
| 9 | I could swear I saw it sizzle as it ate through the varnish . |
| 10 | Delaney got out his knife , struck again and again at the arm , watching the blade plunge into the surface , saw it ooze and close over again . |
| 11 | An American air crew saw it happen as they prepared to take off . |
| 12 | Lord Hartwell inherited The Daily Telegraph , saw it flourish and launched its Sunday partner . |
| 13 | A great late run by Chats saw it fizzle as the winning post came too soon for them , victory went to the in form Likely Lads team of Patsy McGee , Kieran Ferry , Eamon Devlin , Frank Ferry , Daniel O'Connell and Brian Deehan . |
| 14 | He missed the West Wales training session in Swansea yesterday and said : ‘ I felt it go when I was running . |
| 15 | Rosalba pressed her sister 's hand , and Caterina felt it dry and hot , clasped in hers . |
| 16 | While the councillors felt it appropriate that the Church Hall should be put to some use they objected to the proposal for a function room and made the following points : |
| 17 | He felt it connect and followed through with a kick to the stomach . |
| 18 | At night it was covered with film which made it sweat and again preserved the dampness . |
| 19 | He made it whistle and crack threateningly , only to wind harmlessly around a girl 's thigh or waist . |
| 20 | Increasing distance made it shrink as it rose , until at an unimaginable height it was not larger to her eye than a small bird . |
| 21 | The light shining through her roughly heaped haycock of hair made it blaze so you might have thought you could warm your hands at it . |
| 22 | And a lady writing from Bristol , who achieved a DIY funeral herself : ‘ Keeping the funeral in the family made it warm and home-like . |
| 23 | He continued as if she had n't spoken , his voice dropping to a level of intimacy that suddenly made it feel as though they were alone , not being listened to by thousands of people . |
| 24 | Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements . |
| 25 | This made it appear that he threw the ball when bowling at his fastest ; when he reduced his pace he was relatively innocuous . |
| 26 | Often the tensions made it appear as though there was a ring of invisible men sitting outside the circle of women , a silent audience whose approval we often still needed . |
| 27 | His disgruntled voice made it seem as though the precautions of the drug smugglers formed a personal affront to his patriotism . |
| 28 | After a little tense silence that made it seem as though the very air were holding it breath , he said very evenly , and with dangerous softness . |
| 29 | She stopped a taxi , returned in it to the house , made it wait while she ran in to drag down any other curtains that remained . |
| 30 | His pockets bulged with the prizes he had won at the plastic ducks : a packet of fruit gums , a monkey on a stick that broke the first time he made it jump and three engagement rings with glass stones in them . |