Example sentences of "[verb] and it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 2 | Ian Smales 's try and Fox 's fourth goal tied the scores again with 10 minutes to go and it took Fox 's drop to separate the sides . |
| 3 | Where it lay hidden and it proved kind . |
| 4 | It was just what United needed and it rattled Leicester who in recent weeks have been the most successful team in the table . |
| 5 | The Vimy was a heavy machine to handle and it took Jack all his strength to hold her steady . |
| 6 | The error was spotted after work began and it cost £70,000 to raise the bridge . |
| 7 | Seb shouted up to tell him what had happened and it took Dolly no more than a couple of minutes to hurry downstairs and throw open the cottage door . |