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

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1 Played me one day and it played Annabel one day .
2 The portiera was an old deaf lady and it took Sandison five minutes to explain who he was and who he wanted to visit .
3 Jill returned , saying that it was Mrs Mellings , for her father , and it took Alice some moments to realise that this must be her mother , not the new Mrs Mellings , who at this moment would be already on her way to the pleasures of a weekend in Kent .
4 Although Jane 's hereditary claim was weak , she was initially recognized as queen in many parts of the realm , and it took Mary several weeks to organize an effective coup d'état and take control of the throne .
5 The well was very deep , about fifty metres down and it took Jennifer ten minutes to complete the task of lowering and raising the bucket .
6 Brave Gail Devers was suffering from Graves Disease but it took doctors two years to diagnose the crippling thyroid illness .
7 News spread like wildfire , but it brought Burke unexpected trouble in that a man called Samuel O'Rourke claimed to be a friend of the dead Byrne and challenged Burke to a fight which Burke did not want .
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