Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] it [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I did it like that .
2 Alice 's hand shrank a little , but she made it lie steady .
3 Her confessor having ordered her to use an ordinary discipline and leave off her iron chain , she made it knot three rows and wore it round her body …
4 You made it go wonky and it did n't then !
5 You made it sound important , and I 've been racking my brains ever since . ’
6 Then she let it fall open , and began to read immediately , as if she had known it , ‘ 'Why , [ Mrs Ramsay ] asked , pressing her chin on James ’ head , should they grow up so fast ?
7 The wind was in the right direction , and she heard it strike ten — and then eleven .
8 Hari half lifted half pushed him through the window and then she waited breathlessly for any sounds that would indicate that Will had been discovered , but when there was nothing , she moved to the door and to her relief , she saw it swing open .
9 She did it as she would have thought Shakespeare would have known people and things , you know , she did it like that .
10 She did it as she would have thought Shakespeare would have known people and things , you know , she did it like that .
11 We did it like this … ’
12 Yesterday they chalked up their third win of the season … they made it look easy , the score thirty points to two … already the Oxfordshire American footballers are on target for making the National League playoffs .
13 He made it sound simple , but she was no fool .
14 He took her body and he made it come alive .
15 Burton soared : he made it look effortless , and he put no one down in the process .
16 He made it seem easy — that was different : that was the pride of the macho Valley rugby player .
17 He made it seem important and Special .
18 ‘ But with Barney being so ill , and with Cara being so upset , it made it seem awful that I would n't spend an hour of my life doing this one big thing for her . ’
19 He let it come erect , then looked at it , with Hannele in his mind 's eye simultaneously .
20 Erm I meant to ask you about the inside of the the coffin was that plain white material or was it did it have this u pattern on it as well .
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