Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up . |
| 2 | But the scales down Fenna 's tail grew gradually smaller and smaller , the darker shades of his back and the paler shades of his underside blending together , and at the very tip , small as a child 's thumb , they were minute and a shade that , when she tried to match it to paint sample cards was usually called eau de nil . |
| 3 | You had to read it use Sean 's library book . |
| 4 | The in-house survey referred to above found that 78 per cent of the weekend guests had gone to the hotel because they had read it offered leisure facilities . |
| 5 | The vessel was said to have been intelligence gathering and the damage it sustained caused it to release oil and form another , though smaller , slick to float about the Gulf . |
| 6 | As for France Telecom , Industry Minister Gerard Longuet said he had asked it consider partners for its international expansion . |
| 7 | The accused 's intention had to be considered to determine whether he wished to use it to inflict injury . |
| 8 | Because he wanted to use it to locate carp and pike he was getting some fiery abuse . |