Example sentences of "[conj] he [vb past] it [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His hair was a little white in places and he found it difficult talking to people .
2 Marion had worried that , if he consumed it that afternoon , his performance would suffer that evening .
3 But he made it clear Britain would fight its corner .
4 I do n't think it was just because he made it back-to-back wins , either .
5 He must have liked the sound it made because he gave it another couple for luck ; my courage rising , too , I gave it two more .
6 Since he put it that way , like a parlour game , intended to keep him from dying of boredom in her company , which was more the effect she was used to having on men , she considered .
7 Police have located the owner of a van with the same number plates , who described the builders ' logo on the vehicle when he sold it several months ago .
8 Here , as he put it many years later , he made the
9 ‘ Just another five minutes , ’ Nick begged , not taking his eyes from the ball as he whacked it half way down the table .
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