Example sentences of "it [coord] [adv] [vb past] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shook hands warmly ; I noticed that he had his old clay pipe in his mouth but there was no tobacco in it as he sucked at it and repeatedly removed the pipe from his mouth . |
| 2 | After that I had a fear of water , especially the sea , but I learned to live with it and even became a good swimmer . |
| 3 | So those who persistently demanded succour when they were no longer entitled to it and irritatingly pricked the conscience of the rich were particularly apt for denunciation as witches . |
| 4 | Brenda found out more about it and eventually took the plunge to take it up herself . |
| 5 | I started playing about with it and later felt a real satisfaction of doing something with that girl 's head of hair that no-one had wanted to touch . |
| 6 | The father-of-three told his wife , Sandra , to run for it and bravely fought the teenage louts , who had confronted them in woodland just 50 yards from their home . |
| 7 | There was a tin hut at the end of it and inside sat a ticket collector asleep over the counter . |
| 8 | He took a fresh cigarette offered by somebody else , lit it and then blew the smoke in Harry 's face . |
| 9 | Nearly 12 hours later , he did sink it and then made a four at the 15th to keep in touch with Parry . |
| 10 | She tried to imagine herself doing it and then heaved a small sigh . |
| 11 | We , we then had this situation where the , er , the Chief Constable ha went to great lengths to er , work out a new establishment for himself , and the senior management , and actually ach chi and er , and preempted it and then asked the er , the Home Office if he could use the money to increase the constables on the beat . |
| 12 | He stroked the Gullwing as he passed it and then unlocked the Ferrari 's passenger door to let Billie in . |
| 13 | The Times carried five columns about the find , Nature magazine featured it and so did the New York Times . |
| 14 | The audience recognized it and so did the orchestra . ’ |
| 15 | I 've never liked that turn of phrase — ’ detain ’ — but I ignored it and relievedly closed the airlock behind them . |
| 16 | Kelly ( 4.4 ) looked at it and silently counted the three red beads , took three out of the box and threaded them ; the same with the green beads . |
| 17 | ‘ They put the sniffer over it but only did a perfunctory search . |