Example sentences of "[vb past] it [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Reckoned it gave him a psychological advantage . ’
2 ( Oh , yes , I was a handsome rogue , tall with jet-black hair , olive-skinned but with a cast in one eye , I always thought it gave me a devil-may-care look . )
3 He thought it gave him a rakish daring look , especially when he wore it at an angle with his loud checked jacket and green tie .
4 Did it do you no good at all ?
5 Lucy had to stand on tiptoe to use it , but when she did it gave her a partial view of the clientele at their tables .
6 How long did it take to establish that did it take you a long time to ?
7 When , inevitably , we were asked to do it again , we altered it to make it the third article after the four-legged item and kept varying first and third .
8 I said it to give her a little confidence .
9 Somehow , the way she said it gave it a capital letter .
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