Example sentences of "we [vb past] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We made it round the side of the house , unlocked the back door and got into the street behind . |
| 2 | ‘ The analysts finally said that what we were doing was not the problem — the problem was that we made it look as though the truth was being dragged out of us . |
| 3 | We asked several questions and received confusing replies , and then we asked it to tap out in tens the age of our headmistress at school ( a dreary old spinster with a sharp nose for ferreting out misdemeanors , and no sense of humour ) . |
| 4 | We asked it to look at its promotion material again . |
| 5 | It took time , it took time , it took a period of years till they got it finalized but when we got it finalized , we had for example er welding areas , in which no one was allowed in unless they were a welder you know . |
| 6 | The tea tastes like we got it heated up again because no one would drink it yesterday , and there 's no coffee at all . |
| 7 | Er , no we got it read yesterday , and , and zeroed up , so Jean got the till roll , I 'll have a , I 'll erm |
| 8 | ‘ At first , I had a few reservations but we got it mixed in a day . |
| 9 | But we got it started again . |
| 10 | The budget was about right , except for the extras we added later , and we got it finished in the summer . |
| 11 | And happily we got resolved , happily we got it resolved . |
| 12 | That 's right , so as we mentioned it exert yourselves vigorously |
| 13 | ‘ We used it to heal sword cuts in the Holy Land , ’ he said . |
| 14 | A ball of green wool was passed around and we used it to bind ourselves together as the singing continued . |
| 15 | ‘ We used it to pay for car hire , the hall , flowers and drinks . |
| 16 | Having been satisfied with the tool 's performance on the rafters , we used it to tack down sheets of fibreboard on to chipboard . |
| 17 | ‘ When we were approached on this deal we used it to tie in with the release of one of our hostages held in Lebanon . ’ |
| 18 | We found it buried in the grass and it obviously been put there deliberately to maim . |
| 19 | We found it nestling in a golden-green stand of giant bamboos , beneath a soaring cliff . |
| 20 | This pattern is indistinguishable from ‘ fibrosing cholestatic hepatitis ’ described by Davies et al , and like them we found it to portend a bad prognosis . |
| 21 | We found it had been secured only by one-inch-long wood screws . |
| 22 | Having looked up this jargonistic word in our dictionary , we found it to mean ‘ Instruction : The art of science of teaching ’ . |
| 23 | shift error : We tried it making — making it with gravy . |
| 24 | There were no chairs or tables in the kitchens , so we ate it standing up around the cookers and stoves . |
| 25 | We borrowed it to go out with . |
| 26 | When we arrived it seemed such a friendly place , there would be 2 or 3 people to meet you at the gates and welcome you in . |
| 27 | If we allowed it to happen once then all the people who read your paper would think they could do it as well . ’ |
| 28 | Selecting the right sized Disc , we took a pan of milk and we allowed it to heat to the point where it was about to boil over . |
| 29 | When we first drank claret we heard it called by that name , we were eating such and such a dinner etc . |
| 30 | We heard it slam behind us and the key turn in the lock . |