Example sentences of "it and [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He gave a thumbs-up sign then replaced it and manoeuvred his wheelchair round behind his desk where he tapped his security code into the IBM computer linked up to the central data bank elsewhere in the building . |
| 2 | The post office was owned by two white-haired sisters , Annie and Lizzie , far out cousins of her own , and Annie stamped the envelope for her , postmarked it and dropped it in the calico bag on the counter . |
| 3 | And Hilderbridge lay in the sunshine , its slate roofs all turned to planes of silver , its spires sharp needles , as if a silversmith had made it and dropped it in the valley between the meadows and the moor . |
| 4 | In the latest issue of Moscow News , Daniil Granin said Czechoslovakia 's efforts to create ‘ socialism with a human face ’ was ‘ the first perestroika in socialist countries , and we crushed it and slandered it . |
| 5 | Somehow it always righted itself and reached the front , where new hands seized it and raised it high so that everyone could see it . |
| 6 | I slid a fingernail under it and peeled it away , leaving a tiny redness on the skin . |
| 7 | He smoothed her hair back and held it and kissed her , tenderly , then harder , and this time when his mouth opened into hers she did n't pull away . |
| 8 | Harry bent over it and kissed her , nearly overbalancing . |
| 9 | When Paisley was later told about the woman 's remark , he immediately condemned it and rebuked her , but this made little impression on the basic loyalties of the audience . |
| 10 | The window had cost Yanto a lot of money , until the girl 's father heard about it and reimbursed him . |
| 11 | Dougal brought the letter to Lorton , who read it and sealed it . |
| 12 | That 's another thing you see that that that today you had a a tin ladle and it ever the ladle sort of leaked or developed a hole in ti you did n't discard it and throw it away , you used to go and buy what was called a , which was two little tin washers with a little bit of , I ca n't remember if it was f a fabric or or rubber , two pieces and you put one on one side and one the other and then a little screw and bolt went through , nut and bolt went through it and tightened it up and that stopped your leak , and that ladle then lasted a lot more a lot longer time . |
| 13 | Beside the path to his right there was a low wooden fence , a yard high he reckoned it to be , and in some places the snow had driven against it and reached its top . |
| 14 | Rising , she thrust her feet into her shoes , felt her way to the door , opened it and followed her clue down the stairs . |
| 15 | ‘ Finally on the seventh day , I thought that , being Catholic , they 'd rest , but still unfed and unwatered , each pony was blindfolded and tacked up , and Raimundo got on each one 's back , and whipped it and whipped it out into the pampas , until the pony 's spirit was completely broken , and it 'll never argue with man again . |
| 16 | He opened it and plunged his hand in . |
| 17 | It happens that what we 've done is we 've taken it and hung it on the starlight , the magic of starlight — how wonderful it is , how much you can tell from just looking at a star through a telescope and measuring the light that comes out of it , and this takes us into realms of why a star shines ; what do you mean by time when you go back millions of years into the universe lifetime ; what do you mean , why do stars shine with different colours . |
| 18 | He had worked so long on it and filled it full of malicious remarks at Gina 's expense . |
| 19 | tortoise thing with a lid on then he opened it and filled it with |
| 20 | and he said crikey look at this , what am I gon na do here and he sort of had to fill quite a big gap in , but he sort of pushed it and filled it and then the wallpaper goes up so you can just see it , a little bit , what 's a name now , just in the hall there 's a bit |
| 21 | I probably trod on it and buried it . |
| 22 | She threw the mess after him and then thought , I 'm cracking up , and retrieved it and buried it deep in the refuse bin . |
| 23 | He was wearing a T-shirt , and she slid her hands beneath it and threaded her fingers through the soft curls on his chest . |
| 24 | But then there was a knock on the door , the messenger unlocked it and stuck his head in , asking : ‘ Is it all right for coffee now , sir ? ’ |
| 25 | Finally , she snatched up the envelope from the table where she 'd left it and carried it to the one window that might , if she were lucky , catch a vagrant breeze from the river a block away . |
| 26 | ‘ We could 'ave kept it and blackmailed him . ’ |
| 27 | There was a marble fireplace opposite the door ; she walked slowly to it and ran her hand lightly over the back of one of the small , velvet-covered sofas that flanked it . |
| 28 | Squatting down naked by the calf they stroked it and ran their small fingers through its coat . |
| 29 | I looked at it and ran my fingers down its spiral-patterned surface . |
| 30 | Sometime after , pleasantly exhausted , I collected my horse from the stable , saddled it and led it down the causeway out of the manor gate . |