Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb past] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 2 | This he was entitled to do , but the fact that he did it aroused Congress to the realization that Gandhi had been right when he announced upon his retirement that India was still a prison , but now the superintendent was allowing the prisoners to elect the officials who ran the jail . |
| 3 | If she left it unopened Rosie would face it when she got back from lunch and Rain could not be that heartless . |
| 4 | If she found it stretching credulity that a meeting between them was n't inevitable she 'd always fiercely denied to herself that she had any interest in seeing him again , so why should she be feeling so shivery and hot , almost as if she had a fever ? |
| 5 | It 's interesting cos you said it helps people with mild depression . |
| 6 | The hound grunted with pain and he let it fall limp at his feet , a small dark trickle of blood flowing from one nostril . |
| 7 | And erm for summer then we put some here and some seaweed and it made it look kind of queer like but Mr Davis our art teacher just thought it would make it look more interesting . |
| 8 | But I found it collected dust in a corner . |
| 9 | He regretted the Ryans ' intractability because he felt it made Eileen unhappy . |
| 10 | Such as the time when the very inebriated gentleman , at 2 a.m. , wanted to know how to stop his budgie falling off its perch , because he thought it had cramp in its legs ! |
| 11 | Aged 28 , Lesley claims not to be a natural competitor and in fact as a teenager dropped out of a PE teacher training course as she felt it made sport too serious and took the fun away . |
| 12 | As they dismounted it crossed Floy 's mind that the longer they could delay , the better chance Fenella and Caspar had of catching them up . |
| 13 | At first it was a long , gentle kiss , but as it deepened it caused Lucy 's heart to thump and her breath to quicken . |
| 14 | He was dressed all in white , and his horse was white , and even his reins ; and as he passed it grew light . |