Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But at times last season I felt it took second place from a few other clubs . ’ |
| 2 | One day he wrote ‘ battting ’ , and when I queried this , he said , ‘ Well , I knew it had two t's , so I put three to make sure ! ’ |
| 3 | I thought it started next week ? . |
| 4 | I thought it required more teachers caring about their subjects as much as he obviously did . |
| 5 | Says the star : ‘ They did n't bat an eyelid when I told them I wanted it delivered 5,000 miles away in London . |
| 6 | The concert and the reception which followed it generated considerable interest in , as well as funds for , the Alumni Foundation . |
| 7 | The December 1989 coup attempt and the abortive revolts which followed it damaged international investor confidence in the Philippines . |
| 8 | Among those offering concrete commitments were National Westminster Bank , which said it took environmental issues into account when considering loan requests [ see ED 58 ] , and the Austin Reed clothing company , which claims to encourage its suppliers to meet environmental standards . |
| 9 | It was not that she was parsimonious or disapproving of alcohol , simply that she knew it had adverse side-effects on Liza and , not being much of a drinker herself , she only kept a small supply in the house . |
| 10 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
| 11 | I was talking to her and I said do you work ? and she said no I do n't and she said my children are I V F children In vitro fertilization , so I said how come ? , how fascinating , she said it was n't very fascinating I can assure you , she said it took five years to have them , well she put plainly they pioneered it down there did n't they ? |
| 12 | And so he got space to build a house and they began it began this part in thirteen sixty although it 's clear that there was an earlier house here , perhaps built at the time when they first got the back in the eleven seventies . |
| 13 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
| 14 | Erm it touched it touched twenty grand last year . |
| 15 | We loved it and he knew it gave great pleasure to the audience . |
| 16 | Oh it said in the , in the book when I read about it , it said it had green flowers , you say is that green flowers |
| 17 | He said it offered high quality accommodation , was being marketed internationally and was strategically located . |
| 18 | Sometimes he said it contained eighty-one Communists , sometimes fifty-seven , sometimes ‘ a lot ’ . |