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

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1 They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary .
2 So , I told them that it had new blades on but they wanted it really tight , and they wanted tightening up and that so yeah .
3 Those disciples , they had the storm stilled for them and it got easier sailing .
4 I said , ‘ Cynthia would n't let him ’ , which was silly of me because it aroused several emotions in my mother .
5 He learned to use his charm , and ‘ it became ’ , his biographer says , ‘ so strong a factor in him that it resembled great beauty in a woman ’ .
6 She could tell by the feel of it that it had some papers inside , but she did not look at them .
7 The house was in bad shape when they bought it and it took six months to finish .
8 Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple .
9 A fist flew towards him on the screen , filled it as it made apparent impact and then vanished away .
10 She heard a car go up the road and then still heard it as it travelled some way along the road at the top , and realised the wind must be coming from the south for the sound to come to her so distinctly .
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