Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] [adv] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it made him only the second Briton to conquer Everest without Oxygen equipment . |
| 2 | But like , he even said it , he said to me when I was drunk and I , and it pissed me off a little bit actually cos like , he goes to me you know like I I was saying about it and he goes erm well she was the one who wanted it all casual and everything , and I said oh yeah . |
| 3 | It hurt her all the more and she slumped to her knee . |
| 4 | It took me only a few weeks to realise that the medical world would never come to grips with polio until it could isolate the virus which caused it . |
| 5 | It took me quite a long time to get over it . |
| 6 | It took me quite a long time . |
| 7 | Chairman , if they are recorded all later , it took me quite a long time to discover them , could we have , abbreviations just written out , it makes it very difficult for me to , I 'm not used , I mean , I 'm |
| 8 | Of course I called her Mum , but it took me quite a little while to accept her as my mother . |
| 9 | It took me quite a few years to realize that my timing was terrible — the repercussions of being born then were enormous . |
| 10 | And I can remember one of my first patients I had to take blood from , and it took me quite a few goes on that poor lady but she 's still friends with me so she 's forgiven me . |
| 11 | It took her quite a long time to understand what had occurred and what she had done wrong . |
| 12 | They started off , like most other overseas enterprises , on a commercial basis by raising money from investors who stayed in England , and it took them about a dozen years or so to pay the investors off and become entirely free to run their own affairs . |
| 13 | It took him only a few seconds to find the page he wanted . |
| 14 | Harrison moved out on the starboard wing , had his good look — it took him only a few seconds — returned and took the wheel again . |
| 15 | It took him only a few weeks to realise that not all saddles hurt , but he never stopped being difficult in his mouth and was rarely eager to please . |
| 16 | Well it put me off a little bit |
| 17 | She was n't used to expressing such volatility in front of anyone , and it confounded her how a total stranger , and a man she disliked into the bargain , was able to stir her to such an extent . |