Example sentences of "and it [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was wearing the blue and green dress and it suited her every bit as well Claudia had thought it would . |
| 2 | This this this is because the the Department of the Environment lost the paperwork for a year erm because apparently the Home Office are un incapable of reading documents unless they 're in order , and they take them in order and it takes them a year to read them . |
| 3 | got a lot of cards and it takes me a long time to do it |
| 4 | The embarrassing thing is that we 're all very right people so the place is a mess , er , and it takes us a quarter of a day before we realise that we 've been burgled , because things are actually slightly neater than when we left the previous day . |
| 5 | And it surprised her a little that it was true . |
| 6 | But apparently they know that I 'm really forward which is absolute , actually not very true cos Ed said that I was quite forward and he , I was only forward with him because the person I got off with just before him was bloody forward and it made me a bit forward but I calmed down after that , you know ? |
| 7 | And it concerned him an awful lot and it it it irritated him and frustrated him and I think he set his sights on trying to do something about it in his his way . |
| 8 | A moment later , I spotted the young Mr Cardinal not far away , still standing on his own , and it struck me the young gentleman might be feeling somewhat overawed in the present company . |
| 9 | ‘ And it does ye every credit , Malachi me son , ’ he boomed , ‘ indeed it does . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's all the same , my son , all the same and it does you no good in the end . ’ |
| 11 | Without trying looking very heavily at these type of sales , where savings plans have been sold for future mortgages , erm , the clients are left thinking it 's building up money for their , for their deposit , for their legal fees , and it guarantees them a mortgage at sometime in the future . |
| 12 | And it brought them a great try that , in the final analysis , won them the match . |
| 13 | The voice at the other end was plainly over-excited and it took him a minute to disentangle what he was being told . |
| 14 | Endill was thrown to the ground and it took him a few minutes to realise what had happened . |
| 15 | By the end of the race he had lost nearly two stone from a frame that has no spare fat , and it took him a week to start eating properly again and a further three weeks to regain the lost weight . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's very sharp , and it took him a good while to accustom himself to the flowers , the boards , the judge 's car , or the judge 's box and all the rest of it . |
| 17 | He had never visited the prison here before , and it took him a while to find it . |
| 18 | Two more of the nave lights had been switched on but the church was still dim compared with the harsh glare of the arc lights trained on the scene and it took him a minute to locate Father Barnes , a dark shape at the end of the first row of chairs under the pulpit . |
| 19 | There was a second voice — sharp , abrasive — and it took him a few moments to identify the second voice as belonging to Jane , the maid . |
| 20 | The Adjudicator was pale , and it took him a moment to formulate a reply . |
| 21 | Lamb was on 99 and it took him an age next morning to reach the hundred , his first since 1984 . |
| 22 | I told you I sat round there once and it took him an hour a whole hour , and I 'm , I 'm not exaggerating to fit or to put up half a sheet of wallpaper ! |
| 23 | ‘ It was an unbelievable move and it took me a few weeks to come back down to earth . ’ |
| 24 | Nothing major and it took me a minute or two before I could make out what it was . |
| 25 | One set of typefaces that I like there are on the slightly goofy side are the Goudys erm and it took me a long time of , your know , hearing purists try to explain to me why before I understood the distinction . |
| 26 | It was difficult for her to breathe , and it took her a long time to climb the stairs . |
| 27 | As soon as she 'd gone , Flavia Sherman began to fumble with the buckle of her belt ; but her hands shook uncontrollably and it took her a long time to undress . |
| 28 | " I wo n't be late , " he said and it took her a moment to remember that they were speaking of Miss Dallam 's wedding-breakfast . |
| 29 | Shocked and disbelieving , she slowly opened the piece of paper with hands that shook uncontrollably , and it took her a moment to realise what it was . |
| 30 | There was a special unit set up here , Animal Rights National Index , but these idiots had tight security , a good cut-off cell system , and it took us a hell of a long time to open the can . |