Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] it the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 He 'd noticed it the night before .
2 She 'd done it the night before when she 'd tried to get hold of Jessica , but Aunt Jane had turned the radio up so loudly ( to make it nice and private for her niece ) that she 'd hardly been able to decipher Mrs Roberts ' apology for her daughter 's absence .
3 In the suspended moment Jess saw a long strand of cobweb stretching from window to floor , flecks of dust spinning in a shaft of sunlight , her petticoat in a ball against a pile of hay , the filthy shirt on the nail where she 'd hung it the night before .
4 The owner before Uncle Titch had been a retired seaman and he 'd renamed it the Turk 's Head , not after an Ottoman warrior , as most people thought , but after a special type of nautical knot that looked like a turban .
5 She told a magazine : ‘ If we 'd left it the way it was so depressing you 'd have wanted to slash your wrist after seeing it .
6 He 'd say , " Leave it , it does n't matter , " but if I 'd left it the place would be a pigsty .
7 She wondered about the bruise on his cheek : she had noticed it the evening before when he came back from his Tuesday round .
8 Bath had felt it the week before but they had the experience and strength to overcome it .
9 Of course , Delia Sutherland had personalised it the way women do , in her case with a trace of dog .
10 All I needed was a little bit of luck and as I pressed , dry mouthed , along the empty street it seemed I had found it The shock when I saw the two burly SPs strolling towards me was like a blow but was immediately followed by a strange calm .
11 The Concorde ticket to New York was where she had left it the night before .
12 A snowfall the previous night , however , had covered the tracks of Graham Little and A. Baker , who had climbed it the day before — also singing its praises for the deep caves and icicles .
13 If she had planned it the blow could not have been more accurate .
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