Example sentences of "[noun sg] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Run along home then and tell your Dad to come and wheel it away . |
| 2 | She begged Charlie to sell Granpa 's old barrow to raise another pound , but Charlie 's reply was always the same — ‘ Never ’ — before adding that he would rather starve and leave the relic to rot in the back yard than let another hand wheel it away . |
| 3 | While it was doubtless a noble religion it still had a greater contribution to make to humanity . |
| 4 | If you do just one thing in isolation it probably will not have the desired effect because people gain a general , overall impression from a combination of : |
| 5 | Nothing that would stand looking at too closely , of course , but it was like all the best illusions that she 'd ever seen , onstage or off because for all its contrivance , in the moment of perception it somehow transcended reality . |
| 6 | ‘ When I first saw the head in the font it just looked familiar — I could n't sort out why . |
| 7 | After the dog loses consciousness it rapidly stops breathing and its heart stops beating . |
| 8 | The importance of affirmation With regard to football it perhaps does not matter very much — people who like playing it or watching it are not likely to be seriously affected by our negative comments ; they will just think that we are stupid and go on playing and watching as before . |
| 9 | As a special bonus it also has to be able to merchandise our Fluffy Puffins . |
| 10 | What 's that bear it any longer |
| 11 | Well my Lord , all we know is that erm when the report was served on the defendant it then came through court they were going to have to call Mr and then last week it was suggested er that er not only did they not agree but that they were going to try to prevent it being admitted in evidence . |
| 12 | I suppose I a better mention it too Pauline , only I was thinking if I did just conversations , could also do the domestics . |
| 13 | For all the good it ever did for your sons . |
| 14 | Other than in the early stages of a completely new programme it also requires evaluation of existing training , so that evaluation may be as important as identification of needs . |
| 15 | When the party is in opposition it also elects the Parliamentary Committee or Shadow Cabinet . |
| 16 | But to her mind it still did not excuse his neglect of everything else . |
| 17 | She was enchanted with green and flowery Attica ( as in spring it still is ) , and the little landlocked bay of Porto Ráfti that was then still ‘ real country ’ . |
| 18 | After years of uncertainty it now appears that a new chapter is about to open in the life of Dunkirk Mills . |
| 19 | when you turn your key it suddenly clicks and it clicks the thingy forward |
| 20 | It 's just I think , when there 's a couch and there 's white tissues over the couch it probably can look a little bit clinical . |
| 21 | ‘ If somebody 's already used a break it just means you 've got to use it in a better way . |
| 22 | The great sides always capitalise on moments of good fortune and when Marty Roebuck made a hash of a simple penalty four minutes from the break it somehow ended up as a try . |
| 23 | Whoever 's fault it actually was , the French aggressors , perhaps appropriately , were eventually blamed , for syphilis was generally referred to thereafter as the ‘ morbus gallicus ’ . |
| 24 | Right , cos , it 's like everything , it 's like your weight it either goes up and up and up or it goes down and down and down , you 'll never hold it the same |
| 25 | And I hope that John Major and central office of the Conservative Party study it carefully since it is about party democracy and the Conservative party have a few lessons to learn in that direction . |
| 26 | Although a picture of NCC confusion emerged from this study it still held out the hope , if only by implication , that more rigorous thinking would achieve better results . |
| 27 | In the Community context it is often referred to as ‘ codification ’ , although in practice it most often corresponds to what is called ‘ consolidation ’ in the British context . |
| 28 | In practice it probably did not make a great deal of difference to either party whether or not leases existed , unless or until a serious dispute between them arose . |
| 29 | In practice it soon withdrew . |
| 30 | Builders should ensure that the ‘ vapour barrier ’ is intact , but in practice it never is . |