Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] [verb] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | point of order , the point that I made make it on this side is that we are not against the expenditure . |
| 2 | But he was clearly relieved when I agreed to accept it at his hands . |
| 3 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 4 | I tried reversing it to five-one-five . |
| 5 | and it was on full power and I tried to save it after this thing came off . |
| 6 | Now , you 'll recall that last week I was talking about Darwin 's basic concept and I tried to explain it to you and to illustrate it to you . |
| 7 | Well , I tried to turn it into a joke — not a very good one , I admit — but I said something about that party game called consequences , you know where everyone writes down innocent things that get strung together because nobody knows what the others have written and it gets all mixed up so you get a silly story with a stupid ending . |
| 8 | And I tried to fix it to the door and it would n't , I tried to do it up with Blu-Tack and would have none of it , I tried to do it with Sellotape and would n't do it the Sellotape kept on coming away something in the varnish I think that resisted that so then I thought , right I 'll I 'll tie the thing up in someway , I forget how , and blew away went down the drive ! |
| 9 | I hit one six and then instead of just trying to hit a single from the next I tried to hit it for four and was out . |
| 10 | I made tea , my ungloved hand sticking to the Trangia when I tried to move it from its snowdrift . |
| 11 | I tried to sell it to Ian |
| 12 | I hit violently at the door , I tried to force it with the nail , and managed to hurt my hand . |
| 13 | Same country accent : I tried practising it in my head , pretending I was a rosy-cheeked barmaid serving cider . |
| 14 | I tried to shake it from my mind as I shook the water from my hair , but I knew what that face felt like from the inside . |
| 15 | I tried doing it with my fingers but |
| 16 | I tried to load it into erm Word and it completely screwed up . |
| 17 | Because that was when I stopped taking it for granted . |
| 18 | When I was researching this subject , the opening exchange of conversations was so invariable that I learnt to recite it at once to save time . |
| 19 | I 'd kept it in the bottom of my bra-and-pants drawer ever since I stole it from Dad . |
| 20 | All through the '70s I 'd wanted to be in a rock band and I ended up doing it and it was nothing like as exciting as I 'd imagined it from reading and listening to records . |
| 21 | I had never used the word malai in her hearing ; now I 'd applied it to her . |
| 22 | Oh , it was terrible , I 'd seen it on video , it 's really sad . |
| 23 | I 'd seen it along the end of the track . |
| 24 | I thought I 'd seen it in here let's have a look . |
| 25 | Anyway I went there and I was impressed , I 'd seen it from the ship and I completely concur with everything that 's been said . |
| 26 | I 'd have ended up a patient if I 'd done it for much longer . |
| 27 | I 'd done it for four years on the trot . |
| 28 | ‘ You 'd rather I 'd done it behind his back ? ’ |
| 29 | I suppose the fact that I 'd made it at the age of 14 was important because it meant I would go a long way in athletics . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd have been all right if I 'd made it to the main road . ’ |