Example sentences of "she [vb past] it [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But she admitted it eventually broke through her defences .
2 She admitted it tempestuously as Luke deprived her of the erotic stimulation of his mouth , opening her eyes just in time to see the blaze of triumph in his as he heard her .
3 It made a high arc , vanishing against the sun as she flung it as far as she could .
4 Then she read it again .
5 She read it over many times , letting her tears fall unchecked on the page .
6 She read it over .
7 She read it carefully twice , but her conclusion was the same both times .
8 She read it through then looked up at Philpott .
9 She read it through and then sat for a long time on the white strips of the reclining chair in which she had first seen Signor Fixit .
10 She read it through .
11 She read it through , added the word ‘ yours , ’ and sent it to him .
12 Because she is doing what is clearly a test , the words she writes down in this list have no real context : she would probably not write in the course of a story " I heard a funny nose … " without recognising the error herself when she read it back .
13 She read it idiotically at least three times , until she 'd convinced herself there was no hidden psychological message in the bare statement of fact , and then realised that someone had just come in the front door of the flat and was moving around in the hall .
14 The lady unrolled her petition and in a voice trembling with outrage , she read it aloud :
15 Then came the letter ; and she read it aloud to them :
16 She read it quickly .
17 She read it twice and passed it over to Roman .
18 She read it out :
19 She read it out from the printed page .
20 When she read it out to him he tapped it in for her .
21 In silence she scanned it rapidly .
22 She pegged it on to his blue jersey with the tiny plastic clothes-pins she used for hanging up her dripping stockings in the bathroom to dry overnight .
23 The dark hair inherited from her father was streaked with grey now , and when she wept , it would loosen itself from the neat coils in which she pinned it over pads called ‘ rats ’ every morning , as if in sympathy , and strands would creep down over her hands and cheeks .
24 Taking the menu out of the nearest gentleman 's hand , she laid it flat on the table , and with her pencil pointed to the first item , then mimed drinking .
25 She made it even plainer .
26 She made it through to the final and an eventual 6th place overall showed just how much she had learned and improved that year .
27 ‘ One more thing ! ’ his voice stopped her before she made it through to the other side .
28 She never knew how she made it through to the end of the song .
29 She made it up .
30 She made it plain to them that she was upset by his tactless gesture .
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