Example sentences of "[vb pp] and it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He clearly thought he had won and it annoyed her . |
| 2 | As the nose of the aircraft was raised and some right bank smoothly applied the aircraft was observed to flick suddenly to the right to ninety degrees of bank , whereupon the nose dropped and it descended steeply to the ground . |
| 3 | After a normal steep climb-out , at about 120m the aircraft 's nose dropped and it dived into the ground killing all three crew and destroying the aircraft . |
| 4 | I got caught and it took six policemen to hold me down . |
| 5 | In short , it was claimed that meditators ' moral senses were enlivened and it helped them ‘ become better Christians ’ . |
| 6 | Bert knew that Mrs Tremayne wanted a fence repaired and it seemed an excellent opportunity to use his sudden free time by visiting Four Winds . |
| 7 | It was 35 minutes before the visitors threatened and it took a reflex save from Mark Morris to deny Graham Alexander after a great run and cross by Tony Daws . |
| 8 | The death of Jock Lewes was keenly felt and it meant that Stirling was down to only one officer besides himself , assuming that Fraser was missing . |
| 9 | The Clinton camp had promised the Election Watch '92 party would be like no political rally ever seen and it lived up to its billing . |
| 10 | We had it scanned and it came to light the morning after the race . |
| 11 | I already have an estimate from Woodlands Incorporated and it seemed satisfactory to me . " |
| 12 | Still no acknowledgement was made and it grew near the time when Gigia would be setting out on her journey . |
| 13 | It was the first show of emotion she had made and it did more to make Wexford believe her story than all the documentary evidence she had furnished him with . |
| 14 | He was amazed with the improvement I had made and it showed just what can be achieved with hard practice . |
| 15 | She was more scratched than she had realised and it felt as if every small insect in the wood had landed in her hair . |
| 16 | Brownlow felt he 'd been rebuked and it irritated him . |
| 17 | April 1992 saw the car completed and it passed its MOT with flying colours . |
| 18 | The sound began before our search was completed and it stopped me in my tracks , leaving Malc to continue alone . |
| 19 | Charlie 's office was small and poky and lightless and overcrowded , but the number of possible hiding places was limited and it seemed that she-d tried them all . |
| 20 | Elsewhere , FT-SE 's four-day record run halted and it closed at 2764.5 , down 27 . |
| 21 | Where it lay hidden and it proved kind . |
| 22 | This brought the West Indian 's aggregate for the two matches to 181 without being dismissed and it enabled his side to seal their second impressive nine-wicket win . |
| 23 | And that she said was repossessed and it went for seventy five thousand . |
| 24 | Jim and Jonathan had been away , picketing and pamphleteering in Reading , had simply been not available , and Jo 's squat had been suddenly repossessed and it did not occur to any of the women that the boys would mind . |
| 25 | It was just what United needed and it rattled Leicester who in recent weeks have been the most successful team in the table . |
| 26 | Knives were drawn and it looked as if many ancient , long-held grudges were to be settled . |
| 27 | She was the most efficient secretary he had ever had and it irked him that she had made it clear that , if and when he moved , she would wish to stay at Larksoken . |
| 28 | I was very very pleased to see that a lot of you have tried to do your join up handwriting after a bit of practice we 'd had and it had come out really really nicely , well done . |
| 29 | In May it was announced that the fleet name ‘ London TransporT ’ would be used and it began to appear on the waist panels of cars as repainted . |
| 30 | It was a slow , infuriating process , and as A roads gave way to B and Robyn neared her destination already two hours late , the slowly darkening skies became as black and as desperate as Robyn 's frame of mind , until the heavens opened and it started to pour — not reasonable , perfectly acceptable drops of rain from a warm July sky , but pounding , penetrating torrents that battered and bounced off the roof of the jeep and seeped in through the ill-fitting windows . |