Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb infin] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I saw it happen with Jaco Pastorius — I know what it was like the first time I heard him . |
| 2 | Women have grabbed rock by the balls and made it squeal in agony . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | His voice was low , equable and leisurely ; so much so that only afterwards did it dawn upon Charlotte how very few minutes the whole interview had occupied . |
| 5 | But what did it mean in practice ? |
| 6 | Before turning to consider the main authorities I should emphasise that Woolwich paid the principal sum under neither mistake of fact nor of law , rather did it pay under protest and take immediate action to challenge the validity of the demand . |
| 7 | Where did it stand in relation to Rome ? |
| 8 | Not only did it concur with Constantine 's presentation of himself as Messiah . |
| 9 | How did it feel about ringing and asking questions that were ? |
| 10 | To Hank 's intense relief , at no point did it occur to Boyd to inquire what the book was about . |
| 11 | Not for the first time did it occur to Meryl that there was an obscure kind of convenience in having a schizophrenic on the premises . |
| 12 | So lively did it get on occasions that Bishop Story had to order the pilgrims to carry crosses and banners in 1478 instead of the coloured staves with which they were prone to hit each other at the height of their religious fervour . |
| 13 | Conservation was all right but when did it lapse into deterioration ? |
| 14 | Nor did it believe in hopes expressed by Saudi Arabia that the six countries involved could become militarily self-sufficient , since it characterised all these states as ‘ military clients of Western states ’ . |
| 15 | Did it apply to agnostics faced by Islamic hordes ? |
| 16 | 1 Why did all the children laugh at Julie on the first day she went to her new school ? 2 How do you think Julie felt that day ? 3 Did you feel sorry for her then ? 4 Did you feel sorry for her later in the story ? 5 When Julie was left tied to the lamp post was it fair , unfair , cruel … or what ? 6 Whose fault was it that Julie and Bee stopped seeing each other ? 7 Why did Julie get hurts and what effect did it have on Bee ? 8 What were your feelings at the end ? |
| 17 | Later he said to his wife , ‘ Why did it have to crow at Mr Clare like that ? ’ |
| 18 | Only later , I told the now somewhat quivering Principal , only later , when Rosa had gone , did it come to mind that one or two of the other girls had made of me the same enquiry over the past twelve months . |
| 19 | For centuries the lane served no doubt as a cattle-road , but why did it come into existence at all , and when ? |
| 20 | Erm and how did that go down well , did it er did it work in practice ? |