Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] [verb] it [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She made me repeat it five times . |
| 2 | He came and helped me lay it all in which was very nice . |
| 3 | All the same , watching the thin , lemon beam of sun catch across the postman 's bicycle bars , she let herself think it unfair that her dear friend , Faith Lavender , should have died so suddenly and so much younger than the husk of a woman left in the next room . |
| 4 | But as it was , when the generals entered they had it all their own presumptuous way . |
| 5 | He spread an artist 's folio before her , untied the ribbons with delicate fingers , and invited her to lay it open . |
| 6 | In telling me that , until my confirmation , my godparents were , by proxy , responsible for my sins , merely drove me to keep it that way . |
| 7 | You told me to take it all the way out . |
| 8 | She told me to keep it quiet . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ An ’ I told himself to empty it this morning' , ’ muttered Nessie as she made her way out . |
| 10 | That evening you visited your GP who told you to take it easy and prescribed a course of tranquillizers . |
| 11 | Shortly after the inauguration , for example , when Secretary of State Haig tried to raise the issue of Central America , the White House told him to leave it alone . |
| 12 | I did n't want to put any extra pressure on him , and when he went on I told him to keep it simple . |
| 13 | All of Brundle 's simple rules and runes had left the complacent head which believed it knew it all anyway . |
| 14 | ‘ I soon learnt what made it all happen … what got you in the mood , eh Bella ? |
| 15 | She guessed he found it intriguing to be able to talk about his consuming interest in the sport with a girl who not only knew what he was talking about , but could actually offer opinions that were interesting . |
| 16 | Indicates the left hand , ROS opened it to show it empty . ) |
| 17 | As Mahoney returned she shook it free but her eyes remained on the painting . |
| 18 | I watched you giving it all to the cats . ’ |
| 19 | He tried to keep his eyes on her face as she examined him thoroughly , declared him fit , warned him to take it easy for a day or two and to drink sparingly because of the risk of delayed shock . |
| 20 | She watched him seeing it all , feeling it all , assimilating his surroundings with no fidget or fluster . |
| 21 | And when the King thought it a fit season , he spake to him and said , that Doña Ximena Gomez , the daughter of the Count whom he had slain , had come to ask him for her husband , and would forgive him her father 's death ; wherefore he besought him to think it good to take her to be his wife , in which case he would show him great favour . |
| 22 | ‘ That girl of yours asked me for a statement and I gave her one-more than she bargained for , and I made her take it all down . ’ |
| 23 | Secondly , such small , delicate tables are difficult to visualise in terms of proportion , and so the prototype enabled me to get it right again , before touching the precious ebony . |
| 24 | Before my father died I cast it all aside , lived as I imagined I wanted to live . |
| 25 | I was laughing and you were getting the hump with it cos I knew I had it all on tape . |
| 26 | I knew I found it hard to remember they were there , was very aware of you as I talked . |
| 27 | I thought I understood it all then . |
| 28 | I suddenly understood , or thought I understood it all . |
| 29 | Th I , I thought I had it clear , and now I 'm slightly confused as a result of an answer that you gave , and I 'm not quite clear again . |
| 30 | Just when you thought you had it all figured out , it threw you a curve like this . |