Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adv] [subord] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We termed it thus because the depression arose from role performance and not from their psychopathology . |
| 2 | That she achieved it just when the company was set for major expansion , was an accident of timing that Bernard was determined to exploit to the full . |
| 3 | He took the crank-handle , inserted it in the hole at the bottom of the radiator and , encouraged by a chorus of ‘ One , two , three , heave ! ’ , swung it energetically until the engine sprang to life . |
| 4 | No , not some fanatical carp angler frightened of someone looking in his bait box , but carp that mouthed a bait and spat it out before the angler could strike — if he 'd seen the bite , that is . |
| 5 | I found my penknife and kept it close as the shadow of a vulture wheeled over the tent . |
| 6 | Corbett devoured it hungrily while the gaoler watched impassively but , when Corbett tried to ask him a question , slapped him in the mouth , grabbed the bowl and waddled out of the cell . |
| 7 | If on the other hand if they got it genuinely after the policy was enforced , that 's the risk that we take . |
| 8 | She got it down before the motors blew , and without tipping over . |
| 9 | He did it automatically when the girl attacked the man who 'd been fighting with her father , recognizing it as a natural reaction to shock and grief . |
| 10 | He did it twice before the bottle broke . |
| 11 | Kevin did n't know why he put it off because the reasons for doing so were always valid . |
| 12 | Apart from anything else , this project is worth a great deal financially and I 'd be a fool to myself if I forfeited it just because the client is an obnoxious , egotistical swine . |
| 13 | Part of her embraced it gratefully whilst the other , the sad , secret part , rejected and resented it , all the while clinging blindly to what had been . |