Example sentences of "it [pers pn] [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah , look I 've got it I saw this , one of those right , mum I finded erm one of those , but I just ca n't see any Cs or that number |
| 2 | God I were in the market and I thought I 'd better take a bit more wrapping paper and I and I had it I said that 's ten and of course I get on the and I did n't know |
| 3 | got ta got ta royal visit coming up he said you 've worked at the Scottish Office do you know anything about them and I said yes tell the Scottish Office they 'll do all the a Royal navy one I 've got to do it I said fine when is it ? |
| 4 | No I did n't have it I had one of the W dish water |
| 5 | Now the way I figured it I had six realistic options . |
| 6 | ‘ It was a character that I felt to be a very basic part of me and when I read it I had that immediate connection with him . |
| 7 | The dream of the New Look has to have taken place during or after the summer of 1950 , because in it I wore one of my two summer dresses , one of green and one of blue gingham , that were made that year and that lasted me , with letting down , until I went to school . |
| 8 | The first time I watched it I thought That 's wrong . |
| 9 | well I , getting back to the picture you see , I , when I looked at it I thought good god it 's our Bill , I , I you could of thought it were twin brothers when I |
| 10 | Considering Doreen was at least five feet nine and big with it I thought this rather excessive . |
| 11 | If I could not get it I became irritable . ’ |
| 12 | When I opened it I found neat bundles of fivers , each one with a Bank of Berlin band around it . |
| 13 | But er it you got enough to keep your day going anyway . |
| 14 | Oh yeah , cos when we lived at you see you could just go to sleep and that 's it you knew that nowt was gon na happen . |
| 15 | In each case you you did it this is what I like you went straight for it you went straight for the salt on the most difficult one the carbonate . |
| 16 | There was something about cutter work — glamour , adventure , battling the elements , or just plain escapism — call it what you will , but once you had experienced it you had great difficulty in settling down to the more prosaic existence ashore . |
| 17 | So it 's in year ten , Sandra does it er does it you did that for safety in the home ? |
| 18 | No if you wanted to do it you volunteered that 's all . |
| 19 | Her anger grew and with it she became shrewish . |
| 20 | As she gazed at it she became embarrassed . |
| 21 | Thirty quid it 's gorgeous , I looked at it she picked this one up , white , and I says do n't like it |
| 22 | Miss Honey found a tray and on it she put two mugs , the teapot , the half bottle of milk and a plate with the two slices of bread . |
| 23 | Just at that moment there was a loud banging on the back door of Four Winds and when Edna went to answer it she found one of her younger brothers , Bob Rafferty , standing there , red and perspiring , while , in between gasps , he burst out , ‘ You gotter come , Edna . |
| 24 | Clara often thought that Mrs Maugham 's attitudes towards the television typified her whole moral outlook ; before acquiring it , she had considered it infinitely vulgar and debased ; after acquiring it she considered all those without it as highbrows , intellectual snobs , or paupers , while still managing to retain her scorn for all those who had had it before the precisely tasteful , worthy and perceptive moment at which she had herself succumbed to its charms . |
| 25 | We all felt happy about this and began to walk towards a distant wood , but as we approached it we saw two figures emerging : the priest we had come to see arm in arm with an attractive girl . |
| 26 | ‘ We could have just announced that free tickets were available at the door but after talking to the police about it we decided that was a bad idea . |
| 27 | Erm when they tested it they said that one was near to failure anyway and that was what was , been causing his bad heads and it was just by pure coincidence that bloke hitting him , that brought it to light . |
| 28 | But it they read that off |
| 29 | On this particular day , they had been shooting at Taos and at the end of it they dropped some acid and took off with two other friends to visit the nearby tomb of D.H . |
| 30 | Er a well I do n't know , I feel that th there used to be something in that , that used to burn it up now what they call their top site and when they burned it they took all the acid out of it , and there used to be all yellow stuff come out the chimney and that , when they finished burn that was always red and the Germans used to come after that before the war , Second World War , they used to come after that and they used to reckon they make paintwork but now you done something else different with it and they use I tell you we used to give it the name of green oar or parites |