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 |