Example sentences of "it [adv] [verb] [conj] he " in BNC.

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1 Magee paid it little heed as he continued his nocturnal stroll , looking around him constantly , occasionally slowing down to look over his shoulder or perhaps changing direction quickly , ducking into a group of people .
2 A crumb of chocolate stuck to her lip , where Coffin watched it slowly melt as he spoke to her .
3 A drop of soap trickled into his eyes and he rubbed it only to find that he had created more pain .
4 It only worked when he was stationary , but that was often .
5 General Francis said it so happened that he owned the fishing rights on a fairly respectable stretch of water .
6 It so happened if he got paid anyway !
7 It merely means that he has selected the best presentation of the subject for your assistance .
8 But it just seemed that he held all the cards , he made all the decisions .
9 It was n't that he was n't playing well , it just seemed like he could n't be arsed chasing back and helping Kelly out , I do n't know if he was knackered though .
10 You see , he was exceptionally nice and he used to lecture at the colleges and er he was a real , very nice gentleman and er and so he , of course he , he , he took his drink across to the table with him and sometimes I took it for him it just depend and he , he wrote this book and er I forget now , perhaps you would like to read and see what he says
11 It just means that he 's — a lot of his time is taken up doing stats and it 's if he 's doing that he 's not doing something else .
12 But it just means that he comes up with my car .
13 He had it already prepared and he went and fetched the tray .
14 He lowered himself gingerly to a gilt chair and stirred his coffee , the spoon circulating slowly until it finally stopped and he sat staring at it .
15 ‘ Thanks , ’ he said dryly , his face taking on the blank expression it usually had when he was annoyed .
16 It further alleged that he had been a ‘ fifth columnist ’ working for the Army in west Belfast in the 1970s , and had been given immunity by the RUC to carry a gun and carry out robberies .
17 The real power in Aquitaine , in the sense of the power to appoint men or collect and transfer money , lay , of course , with Henry — as it always did when he was on the Continent and chose to exercise it .
18 Intrigued , and a little afraid of the gyrating shadows that loomed like feathery figures on the walls beside them , the boy kept close to the bent figure , curiosity alive in him , and a strange excitement driving him on as it always did when he was with the old man .
19 It tinkled furiously , as it always did when he became agitated for any reason .
20 The fact that God had done it once meant that he could do it again .
21 It also contended that he should have £80,000 to buy a house , in which his carers could live upstairs , rather than £150,000 for a bungalow more suited to life in a wheelchair .
22 This meant some easing of the burden , which he liked , but it also meant that he was not Prime Minister , which he also liked being , that he did not have Chequers , for which his affection was second only to that of MacDonald , and that his salary as Lord President was £2000 instead of the £5000 which Secretaries of State as well as the Prime Minister were paid .
23 It also claimed that he had nearly 20 meetings with North between 1985 and 1987 .
24 Keener feels that his lack of technical background is a distinct advantage ; it also means that he sets a large amount of trust in the engineers he is working with .
25 It also helped that he was desperate to play for Manchester United . ’
26 Not only was Marx willing to accept that historical development might have followed several different lines in different places but it also shows that he was always revising his ideas .
27 It also suggested that he would be permitted to remain as leader until the completion of his first term in October 1991 , and would possibly achieve a second two-year term .
28 It also appears that he has taken much care to balance his orchestra .
29 It also transpired that he had done virtually no mathematics .
30 It also suggests that he saw the gift of the Spirit as the supreme characteristic of the kingdom .
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