Example sentences of "it [vb past] and [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It passed and he looked upriver to where Mariana lay hidden upstream of the fallen treetrunk . |
| 2 | It passed and he straightened up , but a moment later it returned , stronger , burning like a coal in his guts . |
| 3 | ‘ Barnet 's barmy army ’ it read and it seemed an apt description of an outfit that are n't Even Barry Fry , the manager whose latest sacking and return enlivened another crazy week at Underhill , admits that the club , which beat Rochdale 2-0 on Saturday , is a laughing stock . |
| 4 | I know some people say it takes time , but I think if you spend a year producing a lamb it is nice to see it sold and you do the best you can for it . |
| 5 | It creaked and I stopped and then heard something : a sort of thin scratching from underneath the stairs . |
| 6 | And then it stopped and they went to Stronsay then . |
| 7 | ‘ After about 45 seconds it stopped and I managed to get out . |
| 8 | Then it stopped and I found myself on the side opposite to her . |
| 9 | cos time was going on and I thought well just watch that , I knew you wanted it taped and I thought time were going on |
| 10 | I think a medical problem different say for instance for myself I got an awful bash on the nose playing badminton and they thought it was broken , however it mended and I wished it had broken because its mended a bit , but I do not believe in spending money on cosmetic surgery because I think if you make the best of what you have and think of all the people were mutilated by disease |
| 11 | He moved his hand and touched her breast through the robe she wore , found the nipple and stroked it until it hardened and she stirred . |
| 12 | And I rung for an ambulance and it came and we took her up and sat with her , and they kept her in for four days . |
| 13 | It came and it went . |
| 14 | yeah , makes you I ca n't see what 's good its doing twenty years afterwards , the people had time to think about it and use their memories for twenty years , nineteen seventy-two it happened and they 've just sort of done it . |
| 15 | I will say that Roy dealt with it , when it happened and I know at the time he , he was very very thorough over it . |
| 16 | happens , and somebody has to sort out why it happened and who did it to them things like that . |
| 17 | And that 's how it happened and you know some were n't prepared to s stay there on the gate an watch that nobody do n't go in it er . |
| 18 | Issues considered by the Committee are : the Institute 's disciplinary procedures with particular reference to whether or not non-members should become involved ; a draft Practice Note ‘ Business and other names connected with a Chartered Architect 's Practice ’ , which it approved and which has been considered by the Practice Committee ; and details of the text of the Code , in respect of which changes are suggested . |
| 19 | Our escorting Wellington was delayed due to phenomenal sandstorms in the Delta area , and it was only on 18 March that it arrived and we set off for Benina to refuel before the sea leg to Malta . |
| 20 | She had wanted it preserved and she had chosen him as a means to this end . |
| 21 | My voice was high and it shook and I did n't convince even myself . |
| 22 | Moments later it opened and he unfastened the chain securing the two doors together and eased one of them open wide enough for him to slip inside . |
| 23 | There was a knock on the door , and when he grunted muffled assent it opened and someone came in . |
| 24 | no that 's right , yeah , I mean , I , I 've said it , I do n't care , but er I 've said in the past that er , I think some of the reason me and Ann split up was , I mean she always used to say I never treated her right and all things like that , I did you know , and I do care for her , but a lot of the things was I never showed it because erm if anything bothered me I never know it showed and it did n't bloody bother me because I 'd resolved myself after Julie that I 'd never let anything bother me again |
| 25 | ‘ But we were producing so much effluent it flooded and we had to rent a small piece of land specifically for effluent disposal , ’ explained Dai . |
| 26 | He looked tired and drawn , and for a moment , she told herself there was a look of pleasure in his eyes before it vanished and he reached out to prevent the door closing . |
| 27 | And eventually in exasperation the bird flew a short way down the beach and picked up a small stone in its beak and then it returned and it bashed the shell repeatedly until it cracked it open and it was able to get at the contents inside . |
| 28 | It smashed and he picked up one the table legs and used it to hit her . ’ |
| 29 | and I said then on the , on the Saturday his leg , his wound , he come out of intensive care on the Wednesday and on the Saturday his , his dressing had n't been changed on his leg and it reeked and I said can we actually please have a clean dressing for my dad 's leg , even if I 've got to put the bugger on myself , that was at quarter past eight |
| 30 | And then you you used to have a blow lamp to heat it up and after that you you erm put it on half compression and you were turning one of the big flywheels round until it it started and you had to keep the blowlamp on it . |