Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 It got me out of clearing tables for a living , but I thought it meant more than that .
2 It was not so long a walk , though it led her back in twenty minutes through a year and a half of her life , and was quick with memories both sharp and sweet .
3 Four pound a week more on the dole , cos we were having elected earnings and tax rebates on the dole and it and it made it up to eighteen pound .
4 ‘ I had a tough childhood and it spurred me on to great heights . ’
5 Now let's say let's say your mum came in and she said how many for this pizza and we said oh just the three of us and she cut it cut it up into three pieces three pieces all the same size .
6 The pain of it took me back to that earlier pain as a six-year-old , and all the anguish of inappropriate separation .
7 Thereafter the company of the other horses kept him on course , and a bad mistake at the water jump on the second circuit worked to Mandarin 's advantage , as it put him back to fifth place and gave him horses to follow .
8 It marked them off from other men and made it difficult for them to settle down to the dull conformity of civilian existence after the war .
9 It set him up for next year , I 'm sure .
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