Example sentences of "it [adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When pulled tight it effectively secured her to the bench , and as it passed behind her knees , so her legs were strapped in the position where her feet were above her head . |
| 2 | It obviously recognized him as the only being that had ever showed it kindness . |
| 3 | It just poked it off the end . |
| 4 | and luckily it just took us round the side of the platform and away then . |
| 5 | ‘ It just hit us in the face , ’ said Robin . |
| 6 | It just caught me by the scruff of the neck and practically hammered my guts out . |
| 7 | Embedded in the wood , it momentarily skewered him to the window-frame . |
| 8 | The problem with it , so far as we can see , is that if the political system is democratic and the state is relatively neutral then how is it that anyone could use the system in such a way as to ensure that it permanently advantaged them to the exclusion of other actors and interests in the system ? |
| 9 | But I ran for them and won most everything , so it was good fun , and it also kept me off the streets , which pleased my parents . |
| 10 | It also aligned him with the underdogs , helpless like children under the blows of fate . |
| 11 | It also confronted them with the disagreeable fact that at any moment some disorder in their own sensory apparatus would cause that universe , ostensibly so orderly and so stable , to disappear . |
| 12 | This was tremendously exciting news for us , but it also confronted us with the dilemma of attempting to make two films with a budget and film stock barely sufficient for one . |
| 13 | It also faced him with the need to untangle a financial crisis , a task that has frequently occupied him in his career . |
| 14 | It also reminded me of the importance of Popper 's definition of scientific statements as those that are , in principle , not confirmable , but refutable ( see Popper , 1963 , Chapter 1 ) . |
| 15 | Despite his casual dress of jeans and shirt , there was still an air of sophistication about him that was in sharp variance to those around him , and she cursed Donal again for his stupid sense of humour because it now put her in the most ridiculous position . |
| 16 | It immediately reminded her of the unforgettable night at Ali 's Alley when she had met Sanborn , her jazz idol , who had then discreetly found out from her friends which of his songs was her favourite and made an impromptu appearance on stage to play it especially for her . |
| 17 | The chairman said : ‘ He was a shelf stacker at Tescos and said it fully qualified him for the job ! ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It completely tripped him over the edge , ’ said Mr Allan . |
| 19 | He repeated once more , for Theo 's benefit , his fateful words on that summer day : ‘ Kee , I love you as myself … ’ and her reply , ‘ No , never never ’ , which fell on him like a death sentence , ‘ and for the moment it absolutely crushed me to the ground ’ . |
| 20 | It never struck me at the time . |