Example sentences of "[noun] they [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But as they cuddled the dead baby they realised that it was n't their child . |
| 2 | But when they had a closer look they saw that it was frozen solid . |
| 3 | The group issued a statement which said that in view of the adverse publicity accorded to a vocal minority they felt that it was their duty in the interests of democracy and employment in the area to state that there is a silent majority in favour of the proposed Raybestos development . |
| 4 | I was particularly thrilled with the guys who scored the points for us on the final day , Mark James , Jose-Maria Olazabal , Jose-Maria Canizares , Ronan Rafferty and Christy O'Connor Jnr. , because in the case of Canizares , Ronan and Christy they had n't scored a point in the games they played and it was nice for them to take some of the glory . |
| 5 | Well for some reason they survived when it was expanded . |
| 6 | In the end they agreed that it was a fair way of sharing the inheritance , and so the legal steps were taken to transfer equal shares to all of us . |
| 7 | Danish defender Bjorn Kristensen hit the second-half equaliser that gave Kevin Keegan 's side a point they hardly deserved in the Anglo-Italian Cup they won when it was last staged 19 years ago . |
| 8 | When pressed by the US Federal Trade Commission for an explanation they replied that it meant that the inside of the car was 700 per cent quieter than the outside . |
| 9 | He did that to get publicity , cos in fact they found that it was n't eh , rubbish he was selling in there . |