Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] [verb] it [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 2 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 3 | I hit violently at the door , I tried to force it with the nail , and managed to hurt my hand . |
| 4 | I 'd kept it in the bottom of my bra-and-pants drawer ever since I stole it from Dad . |
| 5 | I 'd seen it along the end of the track . |
| 6 | Anyway I went there and I was impressed , I 'd seen it from the ship and I completely concur with everything that 's been said . |
| 7 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |
| 9 | Oh god I thought I 'd lost it for a minute |
| 10 | ‘ When I told Martin that I was 10 weeks ' pregnant with my second child , he enjoyed telling people how clever I was because I 'd arranged it between the interims and the final results ! ’ |
| 11 | I retrieved my stash from where I 'd taped it under the steering column and my cigarettes and green Rizla papers from the dashboard . |
| 12 | For answer , I picked up the newspaper from where I 'd thrown it on the desk . |
| 13 | You know , cos I 'd got it at a P P C as well , for national conference . |
| 14 | I 'd left it to the end of the meal before I said anything about being arrested . |
| 15 | The only other er notice I 've got for you is that tomorrow I forgot to put it on the notices tomorrow we 've got a lot of visitors in school there 's about er thirty five of them coming over who are likely to be joining us in the lower sixth next September er lessons with the lower sixth to find out what erm what lessons are like you know okay . |
| 16 | I forgot to play it with the tune right though . |
| 17 | SIR — On coming into £40,000 I decided to put it into a trust for my grandchildren , to be paid out as each reaches the age of 24 years . |
| 18 | I decided to use it as the chance to turn my life around . |
| 19 | ‘ A pastor I knew used it as the basis of his final sermon , before facing his greatest fear . |
| 20 | I 'd never driven a van in my life but I managed to drive it from the East End to the West End , which I found a feat , and then I finally drove it up to Cumberland in the snow which was even more of a feat . |
| 21 | During the meal a great spider crawled on to the table cloth and I went to kill it with the leg of chicken I was gnawing , but Benjamin stopped me . |
| 22 | I went to see it at the Barbican , it 's very good . |
| 23 | So I went to tax it with the fifty five quid as I thought ! |
| 24 | I went to fetch it in the van . |
| 25 | I kept examining it in a fond fever ) . |
| 26 | I had mine in kitchen and I kept knocking it over every time I opened up |
| 27 | I did make it to the LSE eventually and , a dozen love affairs and three broken engagements later , into marriage . |
| 28 | I know I did seen it on the T V , different places , but I , I did n't know anything about here . |
| 29 | Although it is not a mountain tent I did take it on a high camp with a family group . |
| 30 | I did see it on the |