Example sentences of "[vb pp] [coord] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I got caught and it took six policemen to hold me down . |
| 2 | Charlie 's office was small and poky and lightless and overcrowded , but the number of possible hiding places was limited and it seemed that she-d tried them all . |
| 3 | ‘ Laughing when you should be crying ca n't be helped but it sends other people the wrong signals , so they may be shocked . ’ |
| 4 | The benefits of this method are that it can be easily understood and it gives total control over every element at all times . |
| 5 | But this is n't the worst of Saddam , I mean , this is er , a human tragedy for all the families involved and it concerns individual lives , and for that we 're always very upset . |
| 6 | The flowers and foliage of the rose have gone and it needs thoughtful pruning and tying in to prevent it whipping about in autumn . |
| 7 | Throughout the first two weeks of the campaign almost twothirds of our panel cited unemployment as the ‘ main issue ’ that should be discussed but it got little coverage on television news . |