Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hound grunted with pain and he let it fall limp at his feet , a small dark trickle of blood flowing from one nostril . |
| 2 | She heard it give way and then plunge into the water . |
| 3 | I only just made it last time . ’ |
| 4 | Supply problems during the war made it seem madness to postpone further the steps necessary to improve communications and construct strategic railways . |
| 5 | However the evidence suggests ( see pages 75–6 ) that it is more likely that this decision was reached at a later date , when the force of events made it seem imperative . |
| 6 | The darkening river made it sound hollow . |
| 7 | She made it sound French , pronouncing the word so that it rhymed with ‘ Vaseline ’ . |
| 8 | And erm for summer then we put some here and some seaweed and it made it look kind of queer like but Mr Davis our art teacher just thought it would make it look more interesting . |
| 9 | No I do n't I made it like mug soup not plain soup . |
| 10 | Ooh did it go bang on your foot ? |
| 11 | Did it go bonk ? |
| 12 | But did it hold menace or magic ? |
| 13 | In contrast to these reductions in the rate of stroke , the effect on heart attacks was much less : only in the systolic hypertension in the elderly programme did it achieve significance . |
| 14 | Not only did it give prestige and add a sense of urgency to an undertaking , it also exerted the pressure of old feudal practice upon vassals to join their lord in person . |
| 15 | As inspirational pronouncement rather than an operational blueprint , not only did it give expression to and authority for the idea that a fairer , juster society should be created , as the inalienable rights of man required ; but more , it asserted that thanks to machinery powered by steam it could be . |
| 16 | All very well , but did it mean Ferdinando would be taken with them , together with Annunciata ? |
| 17 | And did it make sense ? |
| 18 | He argued that the public did not stand at the box-office window and demand dramas with happy endings or which mixed pathos and humour , nor did it demand comedy made up of ‘ slapstick ’ , ‘ gags ’ with ‘ three or so dashes of serious situation and a bit of irony to top off ’ . |
| 19 | She did it last time , and she did it again . ’ |
| 20 | My input over there together with erm who did it last time ? erm Norfolk and Stafford the A L O from Norfolk and Stafford erm whatsisname from Stafford so I mean I ca n't see why we ca n't |
| 21 | I did it last time . |
| 22 | But not this last time cos Rose did it last time . |
| 23 | They watching , they watch like a hawk , cos remember I did it last , I did I did it last time , this is yonks ago . |
| 24 | They did it last spring when it was warm , when it got warm too early |
| 25 | English department did it last term . |
| 26 | Back at the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool , Nigel Lawson 's carefully worded oratory did little to satisfy those wanting Britain to become full members of the European Monetary System sooner rather than later , nor did it provide comfort for others claiming that interest rates had reached their zenith . |
| 27 | It did not look at rape as a social problem nor did it have regard to the difficulties which rape poses for the criminal justice system . |
| 28 | I walked inside and it was just like my granny 's sitting room Not only did it sell teddy boy clothes but there was also a fifties radiogram and fifties wallpaper . |
| 29 | How long did it take lightning to strike ? |
| 30 | And when did they actually terminate the employment did it take effect from the eighteenth of June or what ? |