Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | ‘ Katherine , I am glad we had that little talk before dinner , even if it made me a trifle nervous . |
| 3 | Ironically , it was so bitter that it made him a liability to the early Fascist movement , from whose main body he was later to break away . |
| 4 | I am saying this to show you the other side of Basil — this firmness — this absolute integrity — if you believe in a thing lie would say , even if it made him a bit unpopular , which I think is marvellous . |
| 5 | It made her a bit uncomfortable . |
| 6 | If truth were told , it made her a lot more than simply afraid , but telling him that would simply add to his ammunition . |
| 7 | It made it a weekend marriage , but it seemed to work . |
| 8 | When it found him the mouth opened in a roar of triumph , lips pulling apart behind the vizor to reveal huge yellow teeth . |
| 9 | It cost them a fortune in both cases . |
| 10 | it cost them a bomb that did |
| 11 | United put profits before results last season and it cost them the Championship . |
| 12 | ‘ It cost me a fortune — but I did n't think I could bear to see you again . |
| 13 | It cost me a deal in time and labour and money to get my castle back from them , and if we had not had such a pious garrison — all but the lame and bedridden in church ! — they would never have prised their way into the place . |
| 14 | Yeah for the sake of what , it cost me a fiver , probably a tenner these days , speculate to accumulate |
| 15 | ‘ All I know is that it cost me a lot of money to learn . ’ |
| 16 | It cost me a lot extra to have it shipped over but it 's worth every penny . ’ |
| 17 | Based on the idea of a cliche , an often repeated phrase is n't it oh it cost me an arm and a leg , erm which is n't meant to be taken literally . |
| 18 | When you say it cost me an arm and a leg , you 're thinking in word pictures if you like it 's a metaphor and er in the in the picture it 's by the er Long John by the Long John Silver figure having not only one leg , but also one arm as well . |
| 19 | And it cost him a share of the halfway lead in the £600,000 GA European Open at Sunningdale . |
| 20 | On one occasion he suffered an uncontrollable ‘ outburst ’ during his sleep and reckoned it cost him a masterpiece the next morning . |
| 21 | But eventually it cost him a term at Her Majesty 's pleasure . |
| 22 | It cost him no effort , no extra pain . |
| 23 | It cost him the land he had so longed to enter . |
| 24 | It cost him the tournament . |
| 25 | She said you 'd be the I mean , and family when Wendy and that go and er she they had to with a la carte , oh it cost her a bomb ! |
| 26 | It cost her an effort to let him have his way and his will of her . |
| 27 | Tuathal , they can eat , but serve the ale as if every pint of it cost you a toenail . |
| 28 | I if I say it cost you an arm and a leg ? |
| 29 | Imagine if your local electrical store allowed you to take a TV home for a month to sample its quality before parting with your money , you would be sure you had made the right decision before it cost you the earth . |
| 30 | It cost us a fortune in . |