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 . |