Example sentences of "[coord] it [vb past] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reporters are proverbially heavy drinkers , and it took a few bottles of bonhomie with Johnny Smart before Charles could actually get down to the business for which he had come . |
| 2 | I found the red Transit easily enough , it was the only one in the street and it had the same number plate as yesterday . |
| 3 | That 's right , er and it had the same number |
| 4 | Effie 's fear had disappeared a little under his quiet comfort , and it had the same effect on McAllister . |
| 5 | And it had the most money of its own to spend on the election campaign , though unlike many of the other parties it got no western aid . |
| 6 | When the constable called , he left his bicycle leaning against the signalbox wall and it screeched a little way along the wall before coming to a rest ; the sound was to remain in Mr Daubney 's memory for reasons that will be revealed . |
| 7 | He named his discovery ‘ eight months anxiety ’ and it gained the same status for psychologists that saying ‘ mama ’ or cutting the first tooth has for parents . |
| 8 | I did try on a couple of occasions to wind the engine up past the 5000rpm mark , where the torque curve begins to fall away rapidly , but it produced no more performance than was available by driving the car sensibly for economy . |
| 9 | It might have been a tail light going the other way but it stayed the same size . |
| 10 | But it explained a few things — the kindness I 'd thought I 'd detected , his seemingly unreasonable act of firing me … |