Example sentences of "and [pron] [vb past] [conj] it " in BNC.

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1 Baron of Buchlyvie was brought into the ring and everyone agreed that it looked magnificent .
2 The other score — of damage to sons , property and livestock — was never calculated , but the injuries sustained were not considered excessive , and everyone agreed that it was one of the best hurling matches they 'd seen in several years .
3 Happiness ( or unhappiness ) was not mentioned , and I assumed that it was of subsidiary importance .
4 I got one of them and I had and it 's got that in it .
5 In fact , we did go down there for a week to explore the possibilities , and I admitted that it was n't what it was and that the rosy glow that still suffused me at the very name was probably nostalgia for my touring days , when it was the most prestigious of all the dates .
6 And then I switched over and I thought but it 's a about this little boy .
7 It was my first taste of a major Grand Prix meeting and I thought that it was brilliant , colourful and exciting .
8 And I thought and it 's light out there .
9 No I , I , I sort of smelt Patrick 's feet once and I thought if it was possible to faint on smells then I was going to , you know .
10 The boat moved away from the island and I waited until it was out at sea .
11 The boys and I agreed that it had all been so worthwhile .
12 My Lord the the final matter is , my learned friends and I agreed that it would be proper for there to be a further interim payment er in the sum of twenty five thousand pounds .
13 I took with me a very young airman from the engineering wing and I understood that it was his first flight .
14 it was Mr that posed the question to me and I understood that it was his idea
15 So , I gave you two examples and I said that it was often
16 I took it , I , he said well try it and we went round it in first and I went and it went rrah
17 Well er I did n't want to be out of it or , awkward or off it or anything , if it was right , and I felt that it was right , I 'd adhere to that , whether or not , you follow what I mean , that 's how I 've lived me life , Michael , yes .
18 well I think that , that the , the sending out of the press release immediately was , was quite correct , because obviously people had ride that , sorry people may have read that and something therefore had to be said , my personal view was that really this article is you had , if you like had undone everything that we had been trying to do , erm and put us in a bad light and it maybe my Scottish background , but I do n't like people calling in to question my motives and the companies motives , erm and I felt that it went straight to what we were really standing for , given what I explained about my thoughts in nineteen eighty seven , it was hitting straight to the core of the whole proposition and everything that stood for , erm and that is what was the great concern and because it was n't just like a , a mild slap in the face it was more like a knife in the ribs , it was therefore required a lot more thinking about as to the reaction that we would then have to come up with .
19 Now I 'd have to say when I saw the report in the Observer , which was a couple of months ago , the rape in the quad report , my feeling was that this was a national newspaper picking on Oxford because Oxford and sex makes great headlines and it was going to be a good sell , and I felt that it was inappropriate in that sexual harassment is a problem in other campuses .
20 The radio was silent and I realized that it was coming from outside .
21 A closer look and I realized that it was not fog but smoke , and very thick at that .
22 Then I looked at it again and I realized that it was n't too hard .
23 Of course I did n't know at the time that this was to have been O's last night in The Bar ; and I knew that it was n't Boy 's first visit to The Bar , I mean he did not see O the very day he walked in , their eyes did not meet across the bar on that very first night .
24 I could see that Estella was still proud , and I knew that it was she who made me feel ashamed of home , and Joe , but I also knew that I could never stop loving her .
25 It was a small , stuffy room , and yet I distinctly felt a chill in the air , like a draught , and I knew that it must be coming from that other world my uncle had told me about , and that the threshold to it was somewhere very close at hand .
26 She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples .
27 This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach .
28 I originally bought it because it was easy to carry around and I figured that it would make a nice practice guitar .
29 And I figured that it would be more than a racing cert that it was situated in another alleyway .
30 And it , now she 's got to have the curtains replaced and I wondered if it was him who 'd come
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