Example sentences of "they [vb past] it [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh yes they made it Miss has just died erm then coming down there was the Post Office with old Pa and the , then the Miss , they used to keep the Post Office , then there was er well there was a gents outfitters and then there was a beautiful shop I always used to think , it was called , another , but it was confectioners , but it was all most delightful old oldy-worldy sort of shop and my mother often used to go in there then you 'd |
| 2 | They sold it Christmas Eve day it was gon na go through the twenty third , Christmas , the day before Christmas erm it was gone and they were supposed to fly over to Spain and they were gon na , gone , exchange a contract to sell it and then she phoned me back and she said I 've got some good news for you , we 've decided not to sell , it 's so beautiful up there and it 's called Los |
| 3 | On their way out they found it nose down in the field . |
| 4 | On their way out they found it nose down in the field . |
| 5 | They shipped it South you see . |
| 6 | The committee became so unnerved at the thought that the club premises might be under threat that when I said I knew how to deal with these bounders , but it could only be as chairman , they swallowed it hook , line and sinker . |
| 7 | I said to her , I said : ‘ In my time they called it idleness , ’ I said , ‘ if it was n't stupidity . ’ |
| 8 | There was a fire at Mr 's store and they called it arson . |
| 9 | They thought it time to take action on their own account . |
| 10 | They gave it logic |
| 11 | They gave it a thousand letters they gave it money |
| 12 | But they did have a very clear idea of how they wanted the house to look and resigned themselves to living with the mess while they tackled it room by room . |