Example sentences of "[conj] it [adv] [vb past] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 This behaviour was unmentionable a few years before , although it probably did take place .
2 So in order to impress her I made a speech and it apparently did impress her because I 'm married to her now .
3 And it certainly did help .
4 I would like to acknowledge Norman 's excellence because the Garrick was sort of stuck in the past for a long time box set imitation stuff and Norman has sort of revitalized it made it extremely professional and it really did make a difference to the performances and I 'd like
5 So , erm , I mean , that was , we thought I came to a discussion about young people which is really good and it really did have people in your age group interesting .
6 And that led me the think of phetam , and to wonder again if it really did confer super-powers .
7 She did not know of the vow he had made that if it ever did come he would make sure she was the first to go , even if it meant him staying in the Cages .
8 Then suddenly , and sweetly , she began to realise that , since Travis was no more to her than a good friend , and she was still going to have her job at the end of all this , when it finally did end , it was going to be she who had the last laugh — and not N. Massingham Esquire .
9 When it finally did become self-replicating , this was a device evolved by the mineral crystal ‘ genes ’ to improve the efficiency of manufacture of the RNA ( or similar molecule ) .
10 I tell you in all candour that the option no longer exists , and that , insofar as it ever did exist , it only worked on each occasion since the war by injecting a bigger dose of inflation into the economy , followed by a higher level of unemployment as the next step . ’ ?
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