Example sentences of "and it [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I tried to lead her indoors she became indignant , shaking me off , ‘ Do you call yourself my niece , trying to get me into a burning house ! ’ and it took me some time to persuade her that all was well . |
| 2 | I was caught in a group near the door and it took me some time to realise that I ought to be looking at the pictures , since that was why we were there . |
| 3 | Such was Felicity 's introduction to Overclyst , and it took her some time to recover from it . |
| 4 | ‘ We got severely lost and it took us all day to get back . |
| 5 | It was something I had never done before and never would again , and it gave me great satisfaction . |
| 6 | Anna would n't speak of it at all for some time ; later we heard about Simon 's will — he left her various things , his art library for instance ( it 's a wonderful one ) — and it gave her some kind of peace . |
| 7 | And it gave it some condition , you know , when I |
| 8 | Well I said Angie said she went up Wicks ' and got her worktops and it cost her fifteen pound . |