Example sentences of "he [vb past] it [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some man , he said oh , he made it all sort of proper . |
| 2 | He had heard that Newgate was a hell-hole but now he experienced it first hand and understood why some prisoners went quickly insane . |
| 3 | He admitted it last week at the Old Bailey . |
| 4 | His hair was a little white in places and he found it difficult talking to people . |
| 5 | It 's in response to Mr Allenby 's question we seem to be patiently waiting for I think he posed it some time ago about the county council 's view on whether in the absence of a strategic exceptions policy or whatever you call it , a major exceptions policy in the structure plan , whether the county council would object to it being pursued in the in the local plan . |
| 6 | Marion had worried that , if he consumed it that afternoon , his performance would suffer that evening . |
| 7 | He awarded it third prize and walked away . |
| 8 | He started it last night . |
| 9 | Having a mind untrammelled by convention he offered the names ignose or godnose , but the editor of the Biochemical Journal would not accept either of them , so because the vitamin had the same empirical formula as glycuronic acid he called it hexuronic acid , leaving its structural chemistry to be determined later . |
| 10 | Yeah , Jonathan said he watched it last week , One Foot in the Grave , what was it about |
| 11 | That morning Dad told his favourite story again , the story of his drive along the coast with Kay , only this time he took it one stage further , down from the cliffs and into the house . |
| 12 | But I do n't suppose he saw it that way at the time . |
| 13 | So he clicked it all way and it come up I says now get your green line I says straight down middle and tune it in . |
| 14 | CATHERINE I do n't suppose he meant it that way . |
| 15 | He put it that way several years ago . |
| 16 | Since he put it that way , like a parlour game , intended to keep him from dying of boredom in her company , which was more the effect she was used to having on men , she considered . |
| 17 | ‘ He did it last night sometime . ’ |
| 18 | Fininvest , in true Italian tradition , is a secretive family-owned company and Mr Berlusconi had always said he preferred it that way . |
| 19 | ‘ Just another five minutes , ’ Nick begged , not taking his eyes from the ball as he whacked it half way down the table . |
| 20 | He gave it another shaking . |
| 21 | He gave it another try . |
| 22 | He must have liked the sound it made because he gave it another couple for luck ; my courage rising , too , I gave it two more . |
| 23 | He said it this afternoon . ’ |
| 24 | Peter had grown afraid of emotion ; he considered it messy stuff that could lead one into a fatal labyrinth of self-forgetfulness . |
| 25 | He sipped it this time , savouring the quality . |