Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pron] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it got him in the end . |
| 2 | It manifested itself in the small hours at such an advanced stage that no cure save amputation of the head could bring relief . |
| 3 | One rather exciting will home made will I hasten to add I dealt with last year , the lady of some who was not getting on with her husband and I think although I 'm not absolutely sure that the handwriting is that of her sister and we have this form filled in and it mentioned the bank or special savings account and it mentioned the premium bonds and it mentioned everything in the back bedroom and the linen in the linen and the linen cupboard because she 'd brought all this lot and it failed to appoint an executor and it failed to deal with the residuary estate it meant that technically there was a partial intestacy , as there was a partial intestacy the rules applied to that , first person to inherit ? |
| 4 | His beloved father , Jack , had no especial love for cricket , although later on young John would delight in a recollection that when cricket began to seek better playing surfaces it found them in the graveyards . |
| 5 | This was built for United Air Lines as DC-3A-197B NC 18942 in April 1948 and served with series of US operators until it found itself in the Sudan ( as N8044 ) in 1976 , before going to South Africa and joining Caprivi Airways in 1978 as ZS-KEX . |
| 6 | ‘ My father says that you 're an architect , ’ she volunteered , determined to be pleasant even if it killed her in the process . |
| 7 | She would stay out here until evening , if it killed her in the process . |
| 8 | It seems necessary to remind de Man ( who claims that " deconstruction is not something that we have added to the text but it constituted it in the first place " ) of Todorov 's statement that de Man himself quotes in Blindness and Insight : |
| 9 | The first thing I was conscious of was the smell ; I 'd ceased to notice it when I was in and out all the time , but after a week away from it , it hit me in the face . |
| 10 | It hit him in the chest . |
| 11 | There was a difference of opinion what happened next — she thought it went in from there , I was convinced it hit him in the head and went in . |
| 12 | to look across at a group wh who would know a cynical opportunity if it hit them in the face . |
| 13 | Complexity was neither necessary nor desirable ; it was of no practical use and it solved nothing in the end . |
| 14 | It shocked me in the same way as Room at the Top shocked me when I read it last year . |
| 15 | Fru Møller , who resented the embargo on her taste within the house , and frequently complained of the frustration she endured at having to maintain the past in all its detail , enjoyed the discipline the White Garden imposed , the contacts that it brought her in the gardening world , and the admiration its unusual beauty reflected upon her . |
| 16 | That is what it took me in the spring of last year , at any rate . |
| 17 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |
| 18 | It put him in the forefront at the Department . |
| 19 | Though he was later subtly dismissive of the assembly , he undoubtedly appreciated its value at the time , not least for the good publicity it gave him in the British and American press . |
| 20 | There was a survey once and it said everybody in the country has seen Marathon Man ! |
| 21 | Yes , and I guess it kicked me in the face when I was already down … ’ |