Example sentences of "[prep] it [conj] [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Durance had to say , Joseph never knew exactly because Maurin did not relay any of it but took issue with Durance himself . |
| 2 | She did not believe a word of it and despised Ellen for concocting such a sentimental and silly scene . |
| 3 | During the " 14 — " 18 war , I started singing " Eternal Father strong to save " at the end of my prayers and Basil got very tired of it and asked Mother to stop me , but this she felt unable to do . |
| 4 | Some said that I should , in fact , have dealt with it and asked Mr Heseltine to go earlier . |
| 5 | Tim 's idea of a mess is to put his hands in it and got shooooo |
| 6 | There was a certain tone to it that made Nathan advance more cautiously . |
| 7 | To my utter astonishment the motion was passed unanimously and thereafter , and to my lesser astonishment , completely ignored ; at a by-election at Pollok the Liberal candidate devoted just ten out of the 150 lines of his election address to it and came bottom of the Poll . |
| 8 | Individuals are easily marked-you can write on the shell with a pencil , paint numbers on it or saw grooves into the aperture . |
| 9 | She placed a small delicate hand on it and bade Miriam good-night . |
| 10 | and sort of went like this and landed on it and went bang down . |
| 11 | I bought an expensive photograph album with a padded cover and gold curlicues on it and spent ages arranging the photographs I had taken at his house so that they were in just the right order . |
| 12 | In order to stop it going out he drew hard on it and exhaled billows of smoke into the car . |
| 13 | She had no use for it but suspected Rosie had been alarmed . |
| 14 | In the period between 16 April and 11 July he bought H Ltd off the shelf , arranged premises for it and ordered materials preparatory to the start of trading on 11 July . |
| 15 | Her voice had a finality about it that made Roy 's blood run cold in his veins . |
| 16 | There was something about it that made Mr Piggott feel younger — a beau , a masher , a man who was still pursued . |
| 17 | A rat gnawed a hole in the box and water leaked through it and injured A's goods . |
| 18 | He had a good look at it and said part of the pedestal had been mended at some time which took away a lot of the value . |