Example sentences of "[adv] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 2 | Not only did they enjoy it but it certainly worked extremely well for those that followed it properly . |
| 3 | Not only did it make it possible to conceive of the settlement , a succession of trusts , where a trust was set up in favour of a beneficiary who was himself charged with a trust in favour of a further beneficiary , but it also allowed trusts to be set up on intestacy , which led to the growth of an advanced system of property disposition on death which had absolutely no connection with a will . |
| 4 | So so not only did you read it you heard about it . |
| 5 | So it 's how quickly is it using electricity and how long did you leave it on for ? |
| 6 | So did you stroke it |
| 7 | So did you get it then or what ? |
| 8 | So did you enjoy it ? |
| 9 | Not really I just made him do it |
| 10 | I just saw you write it down . |
| 11 | It were the first time I ever heard him do it . |
| 12 | Why ever did you do it ? |
| 13 | She said well , tell Grant , she said he can have a reprieve , she said it 's May the eighth and , and she says , she probably heard me say it was Friday and that 's when I thought it was this Friday , so I had to phone erm the receptionist at daddy 's works , so she was going to pass on the message to daddy just to tell him just to work late as usual , Grant , rather than come in at teatime and then go back to work again . |
| 14 | Floy did not say : even though we do not really trust you , but Fenella and Snodgrass both felt him think it . |
| 15 | She whenever did she do it ? |
| 16 | Now did you see it last night ? |
| 17 | Still , it provided the Gray family with regular exercise , so often did we pursue it over large tracts of Scotland as the tent tried to escape home to warmer climes in the south , flapping its PVC accessories like the wings of a large , wounded goose trying to take off . |
| 18 | ( 217b ) * I don't/did n't let him do it , but he does/did it . |
| 19 | I had been under the impression that Smith 's did n't stock SR at all , so well did they hide it . |
| 20 | The evaluation of effectiveness in practice : how well did they learn it ( also : how can I know whether they have learnt it or not ) ? 4 . |
| 21 | How well did you remember it ? |
| 22 | How dared he think it , let alone say it , that she had other men to settle her bills ? |
| 23 | And with all his force to guard , how dared he assume it ? ’ |
| 24 | How did they pull it off with you ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ How did they manage it ? ’ |
| 26 | How did they collect it once a year ? |
| 27 | And how did they do it ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ How did they do it ? ’ |
| 29 | How did they keep it cool on the boat ? |
| 30 | How did they keep it cool on the boat ? |