Example sentences of "it [coord] [vb past] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She held it on her finger and sang to it and made little kissing noises with her lips that he tried to imitate . |
| 2 | Despite Hojjatoleslam Rafsanjani 's assurances that the object of Karbala No 5 was not Basrah , Iran had not quite abandoned all hope of taking it and made another attempt in April , again approaching by way of Fish Lake and claiming numerous Iraqi losses . |
| 3 | She , Cecilia , though a loving , kind and humble woman , touched no one if she could help it and thought this reserve might be connected with her never having been much for sex . |
| 4 | It may in perfect good faith have misconstrued the provisions giving it power to act so that it failed to deal with the question remitted to it and decided some question which was not remitted to it . |
| 5 | Saw how he grasped every last detail of it and held that knowledge tight in his memory . |
| 6 | ‘ Get a sample for analysis , please , ’ Kathleen instructed crossly , and with economy of movement she drained the tube , refilled it and flushed several times until the water was clear , and then withdrew the tube . |
| 7 | He nodded his thanks as he took it and flipped another cigarette butt into the toilet . |
| 8 | When John Bull , the great musician , asked for the reversion to the lease of Radnor Forest , the officer in attendance noted that the Queen was disposed to grant it but wanted more information first . |