Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I first acquired a cube , Conway and Roger Penrose , from Oxford University , had already solved theirs and remarked that it took them some time to realise the power of conjugation . |
| 2 | Opposition Sajudis members objected , without effect , to the timing of the election on the grounds that it gave them inadequate time for preparation . |
| 3 | Not that it did them any good . |
| 4 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 5 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 6 | Such was Felicity 's introduction to Overclyst , and it took her some time to recover from it . |
| 7 | ‘ We got severely lost and it took us all day to get back . |
| 8 | It was something I had never done before and never would again , and it gave me great satisfaction . |
| 9 | Anna would n't speak of it at all for some time ; later we heard about Simon 's will — he left her various things , his art library for instance ( it 's a wonderful one ) — and it gave her some kind of peace . |
| 10 | And it gave it some condition , you know , when I |
| 11 | Well I said Angie said she went up Wicks ' and got her worktops and it cost her fifteen pound . |
| 12 | I will not pass this way again to see if it did him any good . |
| 13 | We 're talking about half an ounce , which does n't exactly sound like a weight problem , but it took me another day or so to take it off her . |
| 14 | These have now been cleaned up , but it took us some time to cope with this disgraceful state of affairs … the condition of these children , and the behaviour of many of the mothers , has completely dissipated the goodwill and welcome accorded to them by the Welsh people , whose hospitality is proverbial . |
| 15 | But it hit me one day , he did n't care or he would have made that effort to come and see me and he did n't . |
| 16 | It was only a momentary lapse on his part , but it gave her enough time to whirl round on him , her eyes widening as she spotted a revolver in his hand . |
| 17 | Mind you , it was partly her fault ; they could afford to live without her factory work , but it gave her some company and a feeling of contributing to society . |
| 18 | But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood . |
| 19 | Through that , Red Rhino came up with a matching deal which was not very high in terms of money or anything but it gave them some status , certainly with promotion . |
| 20 | Hank came in and did a lot of recordings , which I was glad of because it gave me some relief . |
| 21 | We spent a short time discussing how Sylvia now felt about that long-ago event and whether it caused her any distress to think about it . |
| 22 | Julian watched them , and every moment of watching only confirmed his election , though it set him another league away from her . |