Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But it cost us thirty seven pound a month .
2 For one crazy , idiotic moment , Leith thought Naylor might have disposed of Sebastian 's deerstalker because it caused him some small degree of jealousy to see another man 's hat in her home .
3 Haldane and Hogben 's Marxism made them critical of pedigree studies because it taught them that biological determinism should be supplemented by economic determinism .
4 A Hunter rubbed the cold , clammy substance over his face , making sure that it covered his one remaining eye .
5 It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it .
6 I argued , I fought , but he wanted to believe that happiness was impossible ; it gave him some strange consolation .
7 She , she was off , off sick and er so for the last six months I did sister 's duties which was very useful because er it , it , it gave me that little bit of independence , working on my own whereas before you 'd always got either the staff nurse or the sister to fall back on .
8 This was in connection with my RNR Sea Cadet duties but it gave me much more confidence on the navigational side of cutter service .
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