Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 Well for some reason they survived when it was expanded .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 He did that to get publicity , cos in fact they found that it was n't eh , rubbish he was selling in there .
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