Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Paula used that tone it usually meant trouble . |
| 2 | He designed and built it specially for his wife because she 'd always wanted to live by the river , but she only had time to enjoy it for a few months before she died . |
| 3 | She winced and pushed it away from her . |
| 4 | He deliberated for a long time in front of the pad , and then suddenly rose and put it away without writing anything . |
| 5 | That ingrained courage , the belief that he must continue to fight on — the ability to fool himself into thinking that he could fight on — was all that was left to Tubby , and Colonel Windsor realised that to take it away from him could precipitate the final breakdown . |
| 6 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |
| 7 | It happened at night in the stable , and in the morning the Untouchable women came and dragged it outside and butchered it just in front of the house . |
| 8 | ‘ Then the police came and took it away , ’ said Anna , ‘ and we all went to hospital . ’ |
| 9 | before they came and did it again . |
| 10 | She used to ride over on a white mare she borrowed and tether it somewhere over there by that tree . ’ |
| 11 | George climbed over the gate while Willie opened and shut it neatly behind him . |
| 12 | Ulam took his idea to Teller who developed and extended it so rapidly that the outlines of a practicable thermonuclear device were complete before the GEORGE shot ( 8 May 1951 ) ; this had been designed as part of the development programme for the classical Super which by that time had been junked . |
| 13 | It is usually held in October or November and I thought that holding it today perhaps heralded better news or that we were on the brink of a breakthrough or a decision . |
| 14 | Yeah I went and got it yesterday but they 'd had a break in and you should 've seen it they 'd smashed the front door , it were all smashed in . |
| 15 | Not only that , but we went and done it again in the League Cup ! |
| 16 | But they went and found it just the same . |
| 17 | tape on the it went and did it again on me now and it 's well and truly gone I 'll have to buy another one . |
| 18 | just to prove it was no fluke Bucks went and did it again moments later when they ran out Nixon … |
| 19 | Yeah , well I 'd feel sorry for them again , but you know , if they went and did it willingly , it 's their , that 's their problem . |
| 20 | Annette stared but took it silently while George clanked and prattled over the tray of bottles . |
| 21 | She was surprised at the question , and debated whether to answer it truthfully or not , then , with a mental shrug , said , ‘ No , not really , not anyone important … ’ |
| 22 | Sometimes he managed to abstract a page he particularly liked and take it home , He had a whole article on a young actress who had been asked to model some clothes . |
| 23 | Till he smiled and took it straightway from me . |
| 24 | ‘ What a coy little polyp you are , to be sure , ’ said the doctor , but he eventually lassoed and dispatched it too . |
| 25 | ‘ It is fatuous but it sells , ’ he said and put it away . |
| 26 | ‘ Without this , you 're going nowhere , ’ he said and put it away again . |
| 27 | ‘ A beautiful baby girl , ’ she said and swaddled it tightly as is the custom . |
| 28 | It fermented and made it very sweet . |
| 29 | It smelt and made it hard to breath . |
| 30 | He flushed and pulled it away . |