Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I 'm gon na try and give , the first two guys and er Mike who came in , they did n't do very well cos they did n't actually mention that bit and it did n't flow from then on , you 've got ta make the point , you know , did you find that er well not did you , that 's bad phraseology , I 'm sure you found this beneficial which of the areas of the five tonight actually interest you the most do that bit and then go in with the fact that you actually mentioned earlier on that you do work on a recommendation basis . |
| 2 | A long quarter swell built up and for four days and nights the carrack raced along , slipping backwards down each wave as it overtook her , wallowing heavily as the next one came up astern , and making a dazzling white wake that trailed astern like a huge , ragged scar across the aquamarine ocean . |
| 3 | Philippa , whose face was normally as radiant and untroubled as a child 's , had not stopped frowning since Lee had started talking to her that afternoon and it annoyed Conrad to see it . |
| 4 | They now supposed that Marian and Allen must be trying to pass the depression to the south , and if this were so there was still ample time to position themselves to cut off that route although it involved going considerably deeper into the forest and into territory where their own danger was greater . |
| 5 | ‘ I wanted to be a primary teacher , and you have to teach so many different things at that level that it seemed better to study a broader range of subjects , ’ she says . |
| 6 | Because no one could have found that brooch if it had just been a wilderness . |
| 7 | It cracked the wall down that side and it took out that window put a big crack in there and also in the ceiling . |
| 8 | Even so , it was the first successful attempt in this genre because it gave its performers an opportunity to reveal their talents as actor-dancers . |
| 9 | It was another Glory and it had been abandoned , half in and half out of a ditch . |
| 10 | Most of Ray 's cows were grazing in another field when it happened but those he lost were his most valuable . |
| 11 | There have been moments during the argument in this case when it appeared to be suggested that the court had to do with a grave case involving what is called the right of public meeting . |
| 12 | ‘ There have been moments during the argument in this case when it appeared to be suggested that the court was being confronted with a grave case involving what is called a right of public meeting . |
| 13 | Hari felt a rush of disappointment , she had expected Lewis to jump at the chance of earning some money but it seemed he was reluctant to take her venture seriously . |
| 14 | The United States Senate rejected this provision because it thought it would bestow legal rights upon third parties . |
| 15 | It was another hour before it worked . |
| 16 | It lasted only one and a half hours but it satisfied body and soul . |
| 17 | The model of responsible party government was born of this experience and it tended to elevate the politics of the moment into a law of nature that has distracted attention from the more fluid aspects of Britain 's political experience . |
| 18 | And erm for summer then we put some here and some seaweed and it made it look kind of queer like but Mr Davis our art teacher just thought it would make it look more interesting . |
| 19 | The government 's announcement this spring that it planned to phase in the seventeen and a half per cent tax over twelve months brought pensioners out onto the streets . |
| 20 | Richmond bureau was prompted into this action when it felt that it was losing advice workers because of the tensions involved in the work and because insufficient support was given to alleviate it . |
| 21 | So I mean it it was it was represented to me er and I felt that there was some logic in it that that this company would not be discussing this deal unless it felt it could make money out of it and that money in the end would have to come out of the local people here . |
| 22 | ‘ The Michelangelo computer virus that received worldwide attention last year is expected to cause even fewer problems this Saturday than it did when it struck last year , a team of IBM researchers said ’ . |
| 23 | This borrowed item , no doubt bequeathed by some burly and well-meaning district commissioner , does not possess quite the same significance in this ambience as it had in its original context . |
| 24 | Many believe the government recently took the confusion between public service and commercial logic to its ultimate fatuity in another areas when it announced it would shut down one third of all the country 's post offices to provide the public with , in its words , a better postal service . |
| 25 | ‘ Either at the request of some lady because it disturbed their bouncing on the royal bed . |
| 26 | Despite some criticisms that it made him look like Michael Foot , it was a media success . |
| 27 | No , but I 'll come onto some effects that it did have in a moment . |
| 28 | One of America 's largest defense contractors made this discovery when it asked what information its top corporate and operating managers needed to do their jobs . |
| 29 | The public needs to stand up as strongly over this issue as it did over the miners . |
| 30 | Such was the novelty of this circuit that it provoked much debate in the technical press as to its operation . |