Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb past] it [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Got on one tube and that broke down from the end of she 's at Liverpool Street then she had to go different end to Oxford Street , but she ended up in Charing Cross then she got on another tube line at Charing Cross and then that broke down , so she said it took hours , then she gave a taxi , had to get a taxi back to Oxford Street and , and from Oxford Street back to Waterloo and it 's four pound and he gave her a change for a tenner instead , and she gave him a twenty pound note but , you know she 's absolutely haggard , so I said it 's just as well she can have a cup of tea before she goes , I just told her briefly about that so , erm , Carla 's a bit late ai n't she ? |
| 2 | If she left it unopened Rosie would face it when she got back from lunch and Rain could not be that heartless . |
| 3 | If she found it stretching credulity that a meeting between them was n't inevitable she 'd always fiercely denied to herself that she had any interest in seeing him again , so why should she be feeling so shivery and hot , almost as if she had a fever ? |
| 4 | It 's interesting cos you said it helps people with mild depression . |
| 5 | He regretted the Ryans ' intractability because he felt it made Eileen unhappy . |
| 6 | Such as the time when the very inebriated gentleman , at 2 a.m. , wanted to know how to stop his budgie falling off its perch , because he thought it had cramp in its legs ! |
| 7 | Aged 28 , Lesley claims not to be a natural competitor and in fact as a teenager dropped out of a PE teacher training course as she felt it made sport too serious and took the fun away . |
| 8 | As they dismounted it crossed Floy 's mind that the longer they could delay , the better chance Fenella and Caspar had of catching them up . |
| 9 | At first it was a long , gentle kiss , but as it deepened it caused Lucy 's heart to thump and her breath to quicken . |
| 10 | He was dressed all in white , and his horse was white , and even his reins ; and as he passed it grew light . |