Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] it [prep] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 2 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
| 3 | As I put on a plaster in here an hour ago , I wondered if I 'd left it on that shelf above the sink . |
| 4 | But she 'd blown it with that acidic little crack . |
| 5 | She 'd chosen it for that reason — and because it was the colour of wine . |
| 6 | In view of his instructions Fowler decided to leave it at that . |
| 7 | So er I never expected to have it like that . |
| 8 | More than two-thirds of those workstations which did make it into that market were Sun Microsystems Inc Sparcstations . |
| 9 | No doubt he sees this as a stage in his learning to win again , but all the time , he is learning instead to derive small satisfactions from losing — a skill he will have discarded some time before he won the Weembledon ( he really did pronounce it like that ) Junior Championship , all of 20 years ago . |
| 10 | But I was sure I had seen it after that , slinking , a shadow cat in the tree shadows , black as Egypt 's night . |
| 11 | We felt that Navan Resources should have made earlier contact with us to let us know that there was gold here , before we had to hear it in that way , ’ Mary Catherine Heanue said . |
| 12 | Jacob said nobody had used it since that terrible accident . ’ |
| 13 | With a great big cans , you had to fill it with that molasses , and we had to pour this all over the grass and then , shorts , our shorts were cut off breeches you see because then we used to wear them first and we cut off them off to make shorts . |
| 14 | He could be quite maddening at times , but I had my own concerns and had to leave it at that . |
| 15 | Tshisekedi , of the Democratic Union for Social Progress , had been offered the post in July but had refused it at that time [ see pp. 38323-24 ] . |
| 16 | Yeah , he had to sing it like that and then , then there 's , there 's only two of them , you know and erm , the , er , other , the other one , he 's a black man yeah , and he goes who 's that big gorilla in the back and he 's pointing to me . |
| 17 | And , whereas Charles had left it at that , Michael Banks 's understudy proceeded to tell the author just how much of a massacre the star was making of his play . |
| 18 | I could n't see why , because apparently the kid is looked after by a local nursemaid , who had taken it off that day to visit her own family . |
| 19 | And eventually they said well the stereotype is basically sort of like the equivalent in litho plate making really said that this was , no of course it is metal , sorry it 's not metal , it is letterpress The Guardian and it is , they make these Nyclopone plates or something and they really wanted to keep it for that reason . |