Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it concerned him an awful lot and it it it irritated him and frustrated him and I think he set his sights on trying to do something about it in his his way . |
| 2 | A moment later , I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away , still standing on his own , and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company . |
| 3 | And it brought them a great try that , in the final analysis , won them the match . |
| 4 | ‘ He 's very sharp , and it took him a good while to accustom himself to the flowers , the boards , the judge 's car , or the judge 's box and all the rest of it . |
| 5 | Endill was thrown to the ground and it took him a few minutes to realise what had happened . |
| 6 | There was a second voice — sharp , abrasive — and it took him a few moments to identify the second voice as belonging to Jane , the maid . |
| 7 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
| 8 | ‘ It was an unbelievable move and it took me a few weeks to come back down to earth . ’ |
| 9 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
| 10 | As soon as she 'd gone , Flavia Sherman began to fumble with the buckle of her belt ; but her hands shook uncontrollably and it took her a long time to undress . |
| 11 | And it took us a long long time to try and get back where we were . |
| 12 | It was , I think , my first real understanding of what being spoiled meant , in more than one way , and it gave me a lifelong horror of over-dressing which , having just glanced through the photo-albums in search of an illustrative self-portrait , I seem to have conquered only too well . |
| 13 | The ten-point margin reflected the Police 's overall superiority and it gave them a deserved triumph in only their second appearance in the final . |
| 14 | It was sweet revenge for Flintshire , who lost out in the corresponding fixture last season , and it gave them the perfect start as they bid to recapture the North Wales county crown . |
| 15 | But secretly he loved the idea , and it gave him a great kick to tell his friends and business acquaintances that he was supporting his son on the amateur golf circuit . |
| 16 | He was well placed in the cotton industry and it gave him a generous income ; therefore it had to take precedence , but the monotony of arriving at the same place at the same time every day now bored him as much as had the mechanical frenzy of the bobbins when he arrived . |
| 17 | And it gave him the halfway lead of 132 , 12 under par . |
| 18 | and it gave her a great thrill . |
| 19 | She had a little smile on her face because she had won that round easily and it gave her a great deal of satisfaction . |
| 20 | She had wanted to know how much it mattered to him because he would n't let on , and it gave her a valuable lever . |
| 21 | ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’ |
| 22 | My feeble little quip was self-diminishing , it might raise a smile , it paid a homage to her own earlier remark , and it gave us a shared history . |
| 23 | He could hit it as far as a 3-wood — and it won him the 1973 Open . |
| 24 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 25 | But it took us a long time to actually get to that stage because er , the police are at fault , the police launch these schemes and they go away and say get on with it and off we go |
| 26 | But it gave her a clear view into the houses backing on to the tracks , the private mess usually tidied out of sight , the outside lavatories with unhinged doors , the laundry racks flimsy as the skeleton of a bird 's wing , with trousers and underwear like broken feathers hanging ; a burst , sodden mattress . |
| 27 | It hardly made him a frequent visitor , but it gave him a few numbers to ring . |
| 28 | It was dead right but it gave me a tough act to follow and only Joyce 's famous ‘ George , do n't do that ’ would fit the bill . |
| 29 | I ducked so fast I was n't sure whether he 'd seen me or not , but it gave me a prickly feeling just to imagine it , so I scuttled for the door and legged it up the spiral stairway three steps at a time , just in case . |
| 30 | I simply watched an American T V news item , but it gave me a frightening vision of what the future could hold in store for us , unless we fight the Tory policies with all our might we can muster . |