Example sentences of "it [vb past] this [noun] [coord] " in BNC.

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1 It threshed this way and that , as the giant tried , uselessly , to pull free of the Trees ' cruel grip .
2 He said , ‘ It happened this morning but there was no one to send till I came home from school . ’
3 Not even hearing the rolling crackle above , she was conscious only of the moving light , as the footsteps began again and it swung this way and that , searching something out .
4 World heavyweight boxing ends the year much as it started this year and almost every other year — in total chaos .
5 When it first went off some time ago it would n't go but one day I took I took a jelly out in a glass dish and it bonked this thing and the light came on again .
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