Example sentences of "it of [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What concern is it of theirs ? |
| 2 | What business was it of theirs anyway ? |
| 3 | What the hell business is it of theirs ? |
| 4 | Could he be sure they had emptied it of its last sheet ? |
| 5 | She had dabbed powder over her lipstick to rob it of its bright crimson lustre , and she had forgotten the little pink patches of rouge that gave her cheeks their rosy healthy glow . |
| 6 | His assailant reaches over , pulls the cash drawer from the till , empties it of its £12 in notes and walks into the sunlit Reading streets . |
| 7 | It was a ‘ secret garden ’ at least to David Eccles who when Secretary of State for the second time , in 1962 , was determined ( against the better judgement of many of its guardians ) to strip it of its secrecy . |
| 8 | When a dominant adult cat approaches a young cat in a friendly way , reassuring it of its non-hostile intentions . |
| 9 | Then you strip it of its bark and , while the wood is still green and supple , you bend back the thin limbs and bind them in place with string , When you 've done that you have to leave it on a drying rack above the fire for … oh , I suppose about three months . |
| 10 | The piece of stone or the log of wood selected is treated in an elaborate manner in order to divest it of its inert nature and to infuse into it the power to contain the divine image . |
| 11 | If the Government decides to regulate a particular area of activity , whether because of public pressure following financial scandals or because of an EC directive , the profession is not going to be able either to make it go against public opinion or to relieve it of its responsibilities under the Treaty of Rome . |
| 12 | This is because a complete rose is not usually ready to be pressed in one go , so you must condition it first by stripping it of its leaves and thorns , cutting the stem and then crushing it with a hammer , before placing it in fairly deep water . |
| 13 | A humble self-sufficiency — hard-earned , often enough , like Larkin 's , and subject to sudden , spasmodic panics of loneliness or a fear of being thought insensitive — are the hallmark of many a post-war British hero , and no talk of anti-heroes can entirely rob it of its modicum of cautious praise . |
| 14 | War is a flesh and blood thing ; even in Europe ‘ the military balance ’ does not purge it of its political character . |
| 15 | South Africa claimed that since it was a party to the dispute the Security Council had acted illegally in depriving it of its right of audience under United Nations Charter , Article 32 . |
| 16 | In general , however , efforts to turn the creation of strategic vision into a manageable process , one that can be researched , taught , and adopted by managers , risk robbing it of its vitality . |
| 17 | ‘ It is well established that in certain cases a trading corporation may bring a suit in respect of an imputation on its trading reputation , and I see no reason why a non-trading corporation should not have the same rights as respects imputations on the conduct by it of its activities . |
| 18 | But a loss of control by a constitutional government may not immediately deprive it of its status , whereas an insurgent regime will require to establish control before it can exist as a government . |
| 19 | Publication of the disclosed material during the recent criminal appeal hearing , even had it been total , would no more rid it of its prima facie immunity than had it been aired in disciplinary or criminal proceedings brought against the police officers concerned , the situation expressly envisaged in Makanjuola 's case . |
| 20 | In the final hours of its life on Oct. 27 the 101st Congress passed an omnibus anti-crime package , but only after consultation between House and Senate representatives had stripped it of its most innovative and controversial measures . |
| 21 | She watched the ants attack a small shrew , moving with one mind to overpower and strip it of its flesh . |
| 22 | He would go through the pain of divorce then if she really required it of him . |
| 23 | She simply expected it of him , she made him always say what he thought , she argued points , she worried constantly about whether she was , whether they both were , working hard enough . |
| 24 | We 've now come to expect it of him , which is remarkable for someone so young and with very little experience . ’ |
| 25 | They 'd like him to go , all right , but were too scared now to ask it of him . |
| 26 | How could you believe it of him ? ’ |
| 27 | The knight must be ready to fight hard when his prince required it of him ; he must never desert ; nor must he refuse to fight for the common good ; and , above all , he must fight fearlessly . |
| 28 | He asked the question just as Karen had asked it of him when he 'd opened the door . |
| 29 | ‘ You do not believe it of him , either , ’ she said with certainty . |
| 30 | God , when he gave the World in common to all Mankind , commanded Man also to labour , and the penury of his Condition required it of him . |