Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With dark hair cut quite short so that it revealed his classically shaped head , a deep tan finished with some light freckles , piercing blue eyes and a mouth that was generous in laughter and very straight and sober when he was absorbed in work , he had become the standard against which any other man she met was measured … and fell short . |
| 2 | ‘ The creative use of leisure ’ sociologists called it and it worried them badly that fret-work and bird-watching might be all there was to fulfil people after pressing the buttons at the fully-automatic , atom-powered , closed-circuit-TV-monitored , computer-directed plant for a couple of four-hour shifts a week . |
| 3 | And I tell you what , it took me probably another couple of years to get out of that . |
| 4 | it took me quite some time to cross that road ; |
| 5 | Sinking down on her bed , she found that it took her quite some time to get herself more of one piece . |
| 6 | It took us both some time to wake up to the fact that the world did n't owe us a living . ’ |
| 7 | even after his marriage , to mow the lawn ; it gave her so little enjoyment that Clara wondered why she did not let it go to seed . |
| 8 | It gave him even more pleasure in their latter years to see his parents ' joy at their children 's happiness , Peter 's included . |
| 9 | It gave me so much joy … ’ |
| 10 | It was hot and the demonstration went on much too long , but it gave us all some idea of how caring the teachers were and it was a practical illustration of what the school was trying to do . |
| 11 | It struck me as wonderful stuff , so I got in touch and tried to get them to do the music for Doctor Who , but they just did n't have the time . |