Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the BZW forecast , Peter Thomson said the FT-SE index should be back to 2,100-2,200 by the end of this month and would at best hold its own next year but more likely fall to 1,800 , where it started this year . |
| 2 | The house was solidly built , however , so it withstood this neglect . |
| 3 | When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again . |
| 4 | Not even hearing the rolling crackle above , she was conscious only of the moving light , as the footsteps began again and it swung this way and that , searching something out . |
| 5 | So of course I told him about , you see we , we 'd lowered the level of the loch at the , took four feet of it , you see and it revealed this thing in the loch . |
| 6 | Leigh 's retainer as a consultant has supported the space , which held five exhibitions until it closed this fall . |
| 7 | But it was the coming night that seemed to press down on Ruth ; there was a strange fear in her that the sun , if it sank this evening , might never rise again . |
| 8 | Twenty-four hours , the way her luck ran when it concerned this man . |
| 9 | Well they did n't know and they to it were towing Julie 's car and the tow belt snapped , and of course when it jerked this car forward it cut the petrol off . |
| 10 | This academic study was seen as a means of extending , developing and enriching the student 's mind and , in as much as it fulfilled this function , had much to commend it . |
| 11 | As fast as it formed this spume was whisked away into the cave from where it was sucked into a natural wind tunnel and finally shot from a huge blow hole towards the centre of Fianuis . |
| 12 | However , as it happened this door was not quite closed . |
| 13 | Er so as it happened this girl had got the material erm a wild silk cream and er Elizabeth made up this dress for her of course er Michael Caine 's daughter i is quite a busty girl , you know |
| 14 | As it happened this period coincided with the arrival in Vancouver of Andrew Allan , later one of Canada 's all time great producers , and he was accompanied by his ‘ unofficial fiancee ’ that talented actress Judith Evelyn . |
| 15 | It is no good the Labour party seeking again and again — as it did this morning — excuses for why people offend . |
| 16 | World heavyweight boxing ends the year much as it started this year and almost every other year — in total chaos . |
| 17 | ‘ Just as it invaded this mutton ? ’ |
| 18 | Creggan nodded , for it seemed this eagle would know the truth of anything he said . |