Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [noun] [subord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Amy 's drawing caught my attention because it was a simple but dramatic interpretation of the brief . |
| 2 | ‘ She once mended my watch when it went wrong — ’ Malcolm was old-fashioned and liked watches made about ninety years ago in Switzerland by little hunch-backed men . |
| 3 | My own dead-straight mousy fringe and dimpled chin framed my face as it distorted in agony . |
| 4 | Modigliani stopped her taxi as it was crossing Montparnasse and implored to be allowed to ride with her , and even that was relayed to her readers . |
| 5 | The Church of England , which in its 1908 Lambeth Conference had condemned family planning , changed its mind when it was clear that the faithful were simply ignoring its precepts . |
| 6 | In the night when the hut was quiet apart from the coughing and the bed creaks and the whimpering of men in despair , he had gone to the stove and heated his shape until it was dried and firm . |
| 7 | With fiery hands , he lifted the besuited killer off the ground , and bent his back until it snapped . |
| 8 | Sarella caught his hand where it tangled in her hair . |
| 9 | For the Railway Jubilee in 1875 it was decided to remove the Fountain altogether , and South Park became its home where it stands today . |
| 10 | The noise from below battered her eardrums until it felt as if a high-speed train was roaring through her head . |
| 11 | His silence following the question made her wonder if it was something he had no wish to divulge , but at last he said with simple sincerity , ‘ She sent you to me . ’ |
| 12 | Maggie was turning away from John when , in a sudden daring movement , he kissed her on the cheek which made her start because it was so expected . |
| 13 | It made its impact because it was so unexpected . |
| 14 | The movement revealed her face as it might have been when she was young , comely and a temptation to coachmen . |
| 15 | The original Hammerite got its name because it has a finish like a hammered metal ; a smooth version is also available . |
| 16 | At six-thirty Kegan passed her taxi as it swung out across the courtyard . |
| 17 | I could feel my heart going boom-ba-di-boom — imagined my heart when it was dead , all its auricles and ventricles shrinking and wrinkling like burst balloons after my head got bashed in on the rocks . |
| 18 | He has helped her with her public speaking , suggested ideas , discussed her concerns and boosted her confidence when it was low . |
| 19 | Susan closed her eyes , and imagined her arm as it had once been . |
| 20 | Besides City work , Norman Broadbent has continued to attract the same high-powered assignments which came its way when it was with Russell Reynolds : 40% of its assignments were at CEO and MD level in 1987 , compared with 24% in 1986 . |
| 21 | Last night I opened my eyes when it was dark and feeling a sudden want of air opened the window when to my astonishment I was in time to see Oreste carried past in the arms of an angel and I wept and called out to him but there was no reply and soon they were gone up to the heavens and lost sight of . |
| 22 | The following month yet another 240 Squadron London ( K5911 ) showed its mettle when it ran into a formation of Heinkel He 111 bombers of KG26 near the Shetlands . |
| 23 | To her it was just a means of getting from A to B , but she welcomed its invention because it lessened cruelty to horses . |
| 24 | Her methods of acquisition ranged from chance discoveries and bargain purchases in shops to point-blank admiration of other people 's possessions , which found some owners parting with their treasures as gifts , while others hid their bibelots when it was known that a visit from the Queen was imminent . |
| 25 | The third mystery concerns another ghost known as ‘ Old Moll ’ who at times walks around the churchyard , the legend being connected with a horse which threw its rider when it reared at the sight of something supernatural coming down the hill at Skipsea Brough . |
| 26 | He knew that he had somehow to stay here on the headland , to keep always in view that monstrous building which dominated his imagination as it did his view . |
| 27 | He had brushed most of the knots and tangles from his hair and scrubbed his skin until it hurt . |
| 28 | Nick shook his head when it was offered to him . |
| 29 | The bomber released its load because it was having difficulty reaching the coast . |
| 30 | Having rewound the crêpe bandage , after a fashion , she brushed her hair until it was dry and gleaming like dark spun silk , before donning a sunshine-yellow dress that perfectly matched her mood . |