Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] it [vb past] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought it showed a gross lack of understanding on her part to have made a comment like this and it made me doubt whether she understood the complexity of the situation . |
| 2 | I mention this because it brought me into favoured touch with the Commanding Officer for Wales , and through him I was able to gain admittance for Richard to Exeter College , Oxford , for six months prior to his joining the Royal Air Force , a privilege granted to very few cadets . |
| 3 | And it took me longer to do that than it took me to do tapestry . |
| 4 | At the time Lady Moon , 54 , said : ‘ It was all so easy and it gave me a hell of a buzz , better than drugs . |
| 5 | Paintings erm have the power to take you back in time , I can look at a painting and remember something that 's happened yesterday or years and years ago and as a small child , looking at this painting I remembered as a small child seeing for the first time erm the sea dipping into er , sorry the sun dipping into , into the sea and being horrified I was convinced that the heat of the sun would boil the oceans and the world dry and it reminded me for an awful lot of my childhood and I 'm sure if I 'd seen this painting years ago it would of persuaded me otherwise , erm this is called In A Days Work Satisfaction in a days work , chosen not given , eating the laxed food , face turned to steer a sun , making cloth into a gown and giving colour to the side of a boat |
| 6 | This was the summer of 1969 and it fired me into action . |
| 7 | I could see he was going to be humble and it depressed me . |
| 8 | I had expected it to be cold but it surprised me with a suddenness that wrenched my breath away . |
| 9 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 10 | Their reaction was so encouraging that it gave me the strength to carry on . |
| 11 | The descent was nerve-racking and it reminded me of the slow , queasy way light planes come in to land in Himalayan valleys . |
| 12 | Nothing major and it took me a minute or two before I could make out what it was . |
| 13 | And my body was lumbersome and sluggish and it slowed me down . |
| 14 | I go to a charming Chinese lady acupuncturist and although I detest needles I found it painless and relaxing and it helped me tremendously before and after the operations . |
| 15 | Oh poetry some of those poems that Bon had in her Touchstones book , especially the ones , the war , about the war , I read some of those and it made me cry , it was so sad . |
| 16 | But that basket were only half full and it cost me a quid for what were in the basket . |
| 17 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 18 | I took the cliff road and the wind could be so fierce that it blew me off my bike more than once . |
| 19 | This method is magic and it helped me out just when I needed it . |
| 20 | Erm I mean Martin , Martin 's very good and he 'll , you know , stop me there and , and , and go back over it and but it , it , the the was already there so it 's already got you thinking about other things and , you know , things that were completely irrelevant and it confused me at times . |
| 21 | ‘ Luckily it was n't malignant but it affected me mentally and emotionally and I was a bit of a mess . |
| 22 | It was pompous but it satisfied me . |
| 23 | ‘ Trying on all those clothes was fun but it made me realise how tiring shopping for clothes really is . |
| 24 | Barbara says although she had a fantastic day , she will probably stick to making her own clothes in future : ‘ Trying on all those clothes was fun but it made me realise how tiring modelling — and shopping — really are . |
| 25 | A year I had all the symptoms and I went and got a book and read about it and tried to find out as much possible about it and the book scared me silly because it told me all these things that could happen |