Example sentences of "it [det] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | yeah and he went and she said well it that 'd always been across that road |
| 2 | Now they 're not doing so much that many thousands of pounds , that lot 'em took it some did n't . |
| 3 | This perception was increased by the behavior of my father , who cared nothing tor appearances it this allowed him to save money . |
| 4 | ‘ I take it this did n't exactly catch on ? ’ |
| 5 | As children sometimes realized , a wholly dependent old relative was a serious burden — ‘ It half killed my mum looking after her ’ , Some families managed to postpone sharing house by well-organized support for a grandmother in her own home . |
| 6 | Hurrying to the door , Manville held the sack up so that it half obscured his face and walked briskly after the young agent . |
| 7 | Philip picked up his bike , propping it up against the wall so it half slipped again . |
| 8 | I mean you could never load er , you could never load a hopper down to its plimsoll mark with peat , that was so light and cos you could n't put any more in so you used to have to take it to sea perhaps we we well you would call it half loaded . |
| 9 | LIKE MANY great upheavals , it all began inconspicuously enough . |
| 10 | It all began when Wade was swimming with dolphins , imitating their movement in an undulation that began at the head and rippled along his body to his fins . |
| 11 | An aria sparked off the Belgian revolution , and the Monnaie , where it all began , is now home to an excellent opera company . |
| 12 | God calls to Abraham , ‘ Abraham ! ’ and he replies , ‘ Here am I. ’ In chapter 12 , when it all began , there was only monologue . |
| 13 | Was this , then , the way it all began ? |
| 14 | It all began in 1974 when the brothers invited J. Hamilton Stutt to design a golf course in this beautiful area of Camelot country . |
| 15 | It all began on 13 April 1898 with 37 miles of the Corporation 's very own tramway track and an extra four miles kindly leased by Govan . |
| 16 | It all began because my mother was a Londoner . |
| 17 | And it all began to happen . |
| 18 | ‘ Farnborough is where it all began for a lot of people . |
| 19 | Suddenly it all began to look hopeful again . |
| 20 | It all began when a woman threatened to tie herself to a willow tree . |
| 21 | Yet it all began so simply . |
| 22 | Where It All Began |
| 23 | It all began with the discovery of some pencilled jottings she had made during her painting trips in the wilds of northern British Columbia . |
| 24 | Back home in Scotland , money was to become an increasingly divisive issue throughout the campaign and it all began with a packet of fags . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , ’ he began hesitantly , ‘ it all began when Una took sick and we had to get the doctor … ’ |
| 26 | And it all began in 1890 when a successful businessman , who could not dance a step , presented four ordinary little girls from Manchester in a pantomime at the Prince of Wales Theatre , Liverpool . |
| 27 | HOW IT ALL BEGAN |
| 28 | It all began for Andy in the mid seventies when he staged international ‘ spectaculars ’ and England matches , mostly at Crystal Palace but also at Gateshead . |
| 29 | Battle : 1066 , where it all began … |
| 30 | The full ‘ how it all began ’ story was given by Jim , with Geoff Whitehorn giving both an amusing and informative demonstration of the latest range of Marshall gear . |