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

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1 and so divided it that the remainder went to the husband to take up the one thousand one hundred and sixty five .
2 He soon forgot it as the filming restarted .
3 I had not before realised that my canoe had been following me but I soon felt it as the point hit my back and then went down underneath me , dragging me down and sandwiching me between the canoe and the tree .
4 Immediately there was a loud laugh of relief from the guests , who at once took it that the child had come to terms with her charges ' ultimate fate .
5 I began to pat at my pockets as if I really meant it but the barman shook his head .
6 I did not think to emulate Mr Gladstone , who is reputed to have put tea in a stone ‘ pig ’ and then drunk it after the chill had been taken off the sheets .
7 and er , I think the younger people quite enjoyed it but the older ones , of course , found it bit of a bind , er particularly after erm the sort of patriotic fervour
8 She remembered too that her mother made a terrible clatter with the plates on purpose , Cati knew , because she said afterwards she was scared of such talk , she never liked it when the men got angry , as she put it , what was the use ?
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