Example sentences of "[vb past] it [adj] and [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although it felt numb , the leg was still bearing his weight , so he hobbled quickly over to the door leading to the basement , jerked it open and dived through . |
| 2 | She found it perplexing and wondered how it could have affected her lessons with Miss Hatherby . |
| 3 | The alsatian bit his arm before he shook it loose and ran off . |
| 4 | She pulled it open and looked inside . |
| 5 | By the time we worked it loose and got aboard again , Dennis 's initial fit had passed , but he was still adamant that he wanted to get as far as the Thames . |
| 6 | He kept it rolling and swerved off at the first exit on the right . |
| 7 | He got it close and holed out and then the camera focused on Brian Harley , who had a slightly shorter putt . |
| 8 | Frye moved in the darkness to his case , flipped it open and rummaged inside . |
| 9 | He bought a gold Piaget with a diamond-set face , had it gift-wrapped and went out to find a cab and go to meet Irina . |
| 10 | She tapped lightly on the tall , wide , ornately panelled door , then pushed it open and walked in . |
| 11 | Turning , she knocked peremptorily on Damian 's door , pushed it open and said tightly , ‘ Miss Mei-Ling is here . ’ |
| 12 | She pushed it open and slipped outside , closing it silently behind her . |
| 13 | The door was half open and Corbett , not waiting for the servant to knock again , simply pushed it open and swaggered in . |
| 14 | The trailing lead got snarled up in a bramble bush but , just before Gazzer reached him , the dog yanked it free and raced away through the dunes , to the thin strip of beach left uncovered by the tide . |