Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | How he had overcome all the complex problems of graft-rejection , septicaemia , and so on — not to mention the central problem of bestowing life — was beyond me , although I took it that fortune had favoured his researches . |
| 2 | I was so disquieted by it that I finished it that evening . |
| 3 | Not that I gave it serious thought . |
| 4 | and I brought it this way round the normal way that we go |
| 5 | It 's the new marrow and ginger , Dorothy and I chose it this afternoon . |
| 6 | The old order seemed fine to me , and I left it that way . |
| 7 | And I tried it one night , it was very yummy and very filling . |
| 8 | As a particularly honoured guest , Eliot sat at High Table , whereas others like myself were placed among the students or ‘ novices ’ , and I preferred it that way . |
| 9 | If I did it all day I would n't like it — woman 's work is never done , she 's on the go all the time — even before you go to bed , you 've still got something to do — emptying ashtrays , wash a few cups up . |
| 10 | Well ca n't , if I did it that way it would use your because it might all , take all the bubbles out ! |
| 11 | I would have said while I was putting out my washing cos I did it last night on purpose for the gas man coming in . |
| 12 | And I did n't have time to cook so he went out , cos I broke it last night , well I was alright up to lunchtime . |
| 13 | Yes , I have the slip somewhere , and my father I did n't keep it but my father must have kept it , but I discovered it one day and it was seven and thruppence I think for the first week 's pay . |
| 14 | This was all very necessary , but I found it dull stuff indeed after the immediacy of Ultra . |
| 15 | And I know I , one , it , because I felt it one day . |
| 16 | Since I repotted it this spring into a generous-sized pot , it has not only burgeoned but I 've also found it much easier to keep the compost just nicely moist . |
| 17 | The Club Class lounge ( not quite ready when I viewed it last month ) will offer seclusion and extra comfort for £6 — £8 : a good way to escape school parties . |
| 18 | Then I tried the new needle supplied with the machine when I bought it many years ago . |
| 19 | I paid £130 when I bought it second hand and would like to know if this is its true value . |
| 20 | Egypt is host to thousands of Sudanese students and workers , and most of them appeared to be assembled outside the gates of the embassy when I found it one morning in a leafy street not far from the Nile . |
| 21 | The black number you were wearing last night was still lying on the bathroom floor in a sodden heap when I found it this morning . ’ |
| 22 | But when I missed it last year because of the Euro-Asia match I was severely criticised by the chairman . ’ |
| 23 | I remember it as I saw it one evening , lit by the setting sun against a background of threatening clouds . |
| 24 | I had convinced myself the diet was necessary even though I found it tough going and particularly rough after a major operation and great weight loss . |