Example sentences of "they [vb past] it [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gravediggers got hold of the coffin and shook it ; they pulled it this way and that , twisted it , hacked at it with a spade , levered at it with crowbars ; but still it would n't move . |
| 2 | They called it smoked salmon and I immediately concluded it was some sort of rich man 's herring . |
| 3 | And they bought it last summer and they 've had trouble ever since ! |
| 4 | They gave it double smiles and blank silence |
| 5 | they missed it last week but it 's supposed to be correct . |