Example sentences of "[coord] [noun] [vb past] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | To neither Pound nor Yeats did it seem that Virgil had much or anything to say about this matter which so preoccupied them . |
2 | But only a small group of teachers and parents saw it get underway . |
3 | A miasma of despair rose from the cluster of black Workshops and Fenella felt it billow out and engulf them in its sick , cold desolation . |
4 | A tall chimney above the heating plant and workshops made it look rather like a factory under guard . |
5 | Not least , the absence of any serious rationing of consumer goods , and the large number of exemptions from military service for skilled workers and farmers made it appear that the regime was well in control of developments , did not fear a war on the 1914–18 scale , and was even rather generous in its provisioning arrangements . |
6 | Rosalba pressed her sister 's hand , and Caterina felt it dry and hot , clasped in hers . |
7 | To the left a group of barren islets , suggesting ruins of stone walls , towers and block houses , had its foundations set in a blue sea that itself looked solid , so still and stable did it lie below my feet ; even the track of light from the westering sun shone smoothly , without that animated glitter which tells of an imperceptible ripple ( 2 ) . |
8 | That was an excess of suspicion , for the letter was drafted by David Hunt , vice Bevir who was ill , and Hunt made it conform to precedents . |
9 | It was born on a Sunday afternoon and Carrie and Albert and Nick saw it happen . |
10 | It had since been rebuilt ; its arched windows and roofs made it look like a Russian provincial home . |
11 | ‘ No bank would lend him the money but Harry made it work . ’ |