Example sentences of "[vb past] [vb pp] it the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would have been far better if he 'd done it the other way around — the rest of the set acoustic and then brought them on to play . |
| 2 | In fact if we 'd done it the proper way you 'd of had |
| 3 | mm , like every thing else you told me you 'd finished it the other day |
| 4 | He had heard it the first time as a child , in his grandfather 's yurt on the Khirgiz , and going to Burun 's quarters had found him awake also . |
| 5 | He had felt it the greatest lunacy to dispatch men to crowded city parishes with nothing more sustaining than goodwill , a knowledge of the learned tongues and an unrefined familiarity with the Bible . |
| 6 | They had patronised it the previous night , taking to heart its motto ( in Latin ) , ‘ drink yourself to hell ’ . |
| 7 | She had learned it the hard way and she never let her guard slip at all . |
| 8 | The French press noted that the Mauritanian government 's pro-Iraqi alignment during the Gulf war had lost it the financial support of certain Gulf states , leaving it more dependent on French aid . |