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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Such was Felicity 's introduction to Overclyst , and it took her some time to recover from it .
4 ‘ We got severely lost and it took us all day to get back .
5 It was something I had never done before and never would again , and it gave me great satisfaction .
6 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 .
7 And it gave it some condition , you know , when I
8 Well I said Angie said she went up Wicks ' and got her worktops and it cost her fifteen pound .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 But it gave her another flare of confidence , this elusive and somehow warming reminder of her childhood .
15 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 .
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