Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Department told us it would have to be done ‘ objectively ’ by the careers service ; the careers service tell us that a ) they do n't know what is required of them and b ) they have n't got the manpower to do it anyway . |
| 2 | Fortunately the aircraft maintained a perfect climbing attitude while I tried to sort it out , I reached for the elevator trim wheel ; one glance told me it was in the normal position . |
| 3 | It was 11.3Oam and the crick in the back of my neck told me it was time to give up trying to read ‘ War and Peace ’ lying on a sunbed under the July Spanish sun . |
| 4 | Mr Morraine told us it used to be part of the mainland . ’ |
| 5 | His liquid ebony eyes told her it was a pointless question — just as it was pointless to make any attempt at civility . |
| 6 | Somewhere people are drumming — it must be at the far end of the village , because at times the rhythm is distinct but when the wind takes it it becomes muffled , merging with the roar of the full monsoon river . |
| 7 | The lads tell me it 's a shooting estate — likely that 's where people leave their cars . ’ |
| 8 | stay out of your home until the fire brigade tells you it 's safe . |
| 9 | The last thing she remembered was the sun perched on the shed window ledge like a big golden ball , and Edward telling her it was bedtime . |
| 10 | You know because we often talk to artists and we ask you know how it happened and and most of them say like topsy it just grew er that that there 's no planned career but with you with the tours er set and the album set it it seems to be more of a controlled career with you two . |
| 11 | Sarah told me it will be in two years . |
| 12 | ‘ Another story touching on wet days : poor old Mrs Suggett told me it . |
| 13 | The footprints told him it was only one person . |
| 14 | ‘ Then my mum told me it was terrible . ’ |
| 15 | My mum told me it was nude ! |
| 16 | After watching his performance , Cruttwell told him it was ‘ absolutely Yah . |
| 17 | The Norwich Union told us it had nothing else to add . |
| 18 | The flush pipes from high-level cisterns need less room than the low-level types , and the extension pipe at the back of the loo told me it had been moved forward a few inches . |
| 19 | Miss Cooper said that Mr Santagata told her it was just a joke . |
| 20 | The fit had frightened Edward , and he would n't leave Anna 's side even when Ma told him it was time for bed . |
| 21 | A glance at her watch told her it was already mid-morning . |
| 22 | He applied to the borough council for a transfer to the Hundens Lane area and claimed the council told him it was ‘ reserved ’ for travelling people . |
| 23 | Dr Smithson told me it was perfect , much better than Herr Speich 's or even poor Mr MacKenzie 's . ’ |
| 24 | The incidents in Ireland told her it was n't , yet she had no proof to support the fact that he had been killed . |
| 25 | Feldman told him it was an old-English name for legs . |
| 26 | Well the con activity test told you it was n't ! |
| 27 | Jezrael 's new inbuilt senses told her it was time to fade . |
| 28 | So I went to take the call in some confusion — confusion made worse by haste when Alexander told me it was the Prime Minister . |
| 29 | Arrow assures me it has him here . |
| 30 | Cunningham backed his wheelchair away from the desk and stared at Harry quizzically , though whether because he was reluctant to answer or because the mere asking of the question puzzled him it was impossible to tell . |