Example sentences of "it [vb past] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It caught me smack in the forehead and knocked me back three feet . |
| 2 | According to one of the skippers , each hunting trip cost on average over US$130 more than the crew received for the catch — the fishermen were simply carrying on a proud and noble tradition , even though it cost them money . |
| 3 | They set out to develop an empire and wage European wars at the same time , though their empire was unlike any of the others : it cost them money . |
| 4 | It cost me money though , I originally got her from a tutoring agency . |
| 5 | If you bet on horses or drink then it cost you money . |
| 6 | We spent , it cost us double and we , then it was the same thing , same place , they were getting |
| 7 | Commander Abigail did n't even like the area : it caused him shame and guilt to consider it , he tried not to think about it . |
| 8 | It granted him strength and power so great that he would n't need his enabling potions . |
| 9 | The French pharmaceutical firm who market it called it RU 486 , its project number . |
| 10 | It brought him abuse from the Tory Press and suspension from Twenty Questions . |
| 11 | Gifford Tate started to use it as soon as it came out , he reckoned it brought him luck . |
| 12 | Yet I could see , sitting next to him , that it brought him contentment which at other levels he lacked . |
| 13 | I prefer the smell — very feminine — and it kept me fresher . |
| 14 | It kept him company on Once Hill and as he pushed the bicycle into the garage and leant it against the Suffolk Punch . |
| 15 | It took me time to find out what was wrong but eventually I sorted it out . |
| 16 | I mean , Neil 's tried to explain to them that , they were late with drawings and everything else , it put us way behind in the beginning . |
| 17 | This day the butler went oot tae gie it a piece an it tore him doon wae its feets an mooth . |
| 18 | ‘ It saved them expense , it removed considerable hazards — and enabled us to add value and increase our market share . ’ |
| 19 | It was soul-destroying to him but it gave him money for his wife and child . |
| 20 | It gave him relief from the tension of sharing the young man 's terrible anguish . |
| 21 | He went to a Masonic dinner last night , and it gave him indigestion . ’ |
| 22 | His college must have hesitated before it gave him permission . |
| 23 | It gave him pleasure to keep things , as he said , " shipshape and Bristol fashion " . |
| 24 | Yet it gave him pleasure to tell her so . |
| 25 | It gave him time to think . |
| 26 | At least it gave him time to try and talk some sense into her . |
| 27 | He probed on , and Owen was glad , for it gave him time to think . |
| 28 | He says it gave him time to put his feet up and relax . |
| 29 | Just as well , it gave him time to master Scots and almost cope with the request for advice from a lady from Aberdeen , seeking to match boots and skis : ‘ Aye , aye , mannie , fit fit fits fit ski ? ’ |
| 30 | Well , I nearly fell off , that 's all , and it gave me foot a bit of a twinge . |