Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I found it the greatest fun . |
| 2 | Then I , I put it in a saucepan and I stewed it the next |
| 3 | I noticed it the other day when you were round then |
| 4 | I hated it the first time . |
| 5 | Erm I recorded it the other day and I did n't even know . |
| 6 | He paused a moment and then added , " You know , Sara , I meant it the other evening when I said you could ride whenever you want . |
| 7 | And when I saw it the other day , on my way from London 's West End , I could n't believe it . |
| 8 | ‘ Tom and I saw it the other day , ’ she was saying . |
| 9 | When I saw it the other night , tucked inside the cello part of one of the piano trios we play , she had got as far as ‘ State 7 — Moderate Gale : Intervals of laughter . |
| 10 | And it was it was so nicely written I I saw it the other day it was no difference . |
| 11 | Looking back later , Helen recalled three things about this new life , so different from the unhappy days when she and Edward discovered that his passionate letters to her were being read by Mrs Andrews : ‘ The beauty of it delighted me , and I thought it the perfect setting for these people with their freedom of manner and thought … . |
| 12 | And I kept it the same and that 's When we bought this in nineteen fifty four , there was a lot of alterations to be done . |
| 13 | So as soon as it began to move back , I gave it the biggest push I could manage . |
| 14 | just as I did it the bloody filter light came on |
| 15 | I had it the other day over s some occasion when I had to go on some t television and the reporter said what 's the Home Secretary gon na do about it . |
| 16 | I missed it the last time round . ’ |
| 17 | what would happen if you , let's have a look at G , depends on , what would happen if you were still paying fifty pence , but they gave you four hundred , four hundred grams of chocolate , well you get eight grams per penny , this is another test that you got it the right way up , if it were still only two hundred grams , but you payed more money for it , let's say they charged you a pound , I think you 'd get less grams per penny . |
| 18 | Good try — but you got it the wrong way round ! |
| 19 | Having said she would never teach she found it the only way to keep up her Mathematics and bring up a family , so via an evening Technical College Lectureship she slipped into school teaching and has enjoyed it ! |
| 20 | For her it became a cloying and pallid countryside , tamed and weakened by man 's attempts to prettify nature but , in 1947 , she thought it the pleasantest spot in the world and she was delighted to be there . |
| 21 | Erm you used to be able , this tea point in the office right , you saw it the fucking on |
| 22 | She liked it the best of all her books . |
| 23 | Well you did it the other day but then you did n't have a teddy in your hand did you ? |
| 24 | When she did it the second time . |
| 25 | That 's what I said to her when she said it the other day I said how old are you Mrs ? |
| 26 | I I th I thought I thought it was I S actually from the way you said it the first time , but that was just a guess . |
| 27 | Jonathan always thinks that what he says is so fantastic that he 's got to say it twice in case you missed it the first time round . |
| 28 | Round and round , and back again , everything spins around , passing by if you missed it the first time . |
| 29 | For transport she used the farmer 's pony and trap : the pony was so decrepit that we called it the dead pony . |
| 30 | When we reached it the next day , we were disappointed to find that in our more prosaic age they simply open the gates . |