Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [conj] it [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There surely are some people in A&R who would n't recognise talent if it hit them squarely between the eyes and others inebriated on their own power . |
| 2 | The NGA was , at one point , fined £150,000 ; some time later it was fined £375,000 and it had its entire assets of £11 m seized . |
| 3 | In effect , ignoring the effects of gender in this way merely reinforces stereotyping because it does nothing to challenge the definition of certain aspects of the curriculum as masculine or feminine . |
| 4 | However , most boards tended to extract material when it suited them and rarely adhered to the time-scale or suggestions for different kinds of activity . |
| 5 | When the hopped wort has been cooled it is run to fermenting vessels where it meets its destiny with yeast . |
| 6 | A French housewife recently thought that she had discovered the world 's first metal potato — until she realised that the object she was trying to peel was in fact a Second World War hand grenade , which had probably been scooped up by a potato picking machine before it found its way into her groceries . |
| 7 | ‘ There is something noble in publishing truth though it condemns one 's self . ’ |
| 8 | There are people in this world who cause trouble because it makes them feel important . |
| 9 | A MFN clause sustains collusion because it makes it costly for a seller to reduce price in a discriminatory way , which is how secret cheating on a price agreement often takes place . |
| 10 | Like secularisation , this ‘ privatisation ’ , as it is called by sociologists , affects Christians because it affects everybody living in modernity . |
| 11 | Continue to play tricks if it amuses you , Claudia — no doubt the truth will be revealed when we meet up with them . |
| 12 | Fiery pace bowler Hughes seems certain to escape punishment after it appeared he spat at Greatbatch and then obscenely gestured to the crowd when the Kiwi batsman was dismissed . |
| 13 | Pitt-Rivers was well aware that excavation destroys evidence as it uncovers it , and so he kept meticulous records . |
| 14 | Whichever way word- processing is used it gives learners the means of refining text until it satisfies them . |
| 15 | In the hit movie Withnall and I , the two visit Riggindale and it drives them almost to the brink of distraction . |
| 16 | My understanding of the case was that I 'd not yet found a remedy to cover the fibroid as well as everything else so I chose Phosphorus LM1 from the rubric bleeding fibroids since it covered her fears and complemented the Arsenicum . |
| 17 | Evil may inspire goodness but it does its best not only to ruin people , but also nature . |
| 18 | It 's funny in n it how you know people and it puts you off their names ? |
| 19 | There are a handful of noticeably small start-ups wrestling with the key interoperability issues facing Unix as it elbows its way on to the desktop . |
| 20 | Praxsys is one of a handful of noticeably small start-ups wrestling with the key interoperability issue facing Unix as it elbows its way on to the desktop . |
| 21 | Ten-year-old Trevor Kachel , of Belgrave Road , said : ‘ I like boxing because it means I can defend yourself if you ever needed to . |
| 22 | Mr Panetta thought not only that , at present , the mood in Congress is running against ratification of the North American Free Trade Agreement , but that the administration would have difficulty when it sends its health-care proposals to Capitol Hill this month . |
| 23 | They did n't have visitors because it sent him into a fury . |
| 24 | Already the club have learned they will receive in the region of £8,500 towards travelling costs when it makes its debut in the Courage National League Division Four next season . |
| 25 | Their history , the interests of their members and the circumstances of conflict in Northern Ireland do not permit the evolution of Orangeism into something which would still have meaning if it abandoned its evangelical Protestant symbols and stated beliefs . |
| 26 | We listen and pay attention when it says something in such a way as to attract our attention . |
| 27 | ‘ As a nation there are worrying signs that we are becoming a people ready to scoff , eager to knock authority whether it deserves it or not , ’ he said . |
| 28 | Just it does n't make sense and it leaves me nowhere . |
| 29 | To date the CEGB has not signed any contract for using THORP because it believes it is being offered worse terms than the BNFL 's overseas customers . |
| 30 | As he looked down at her sleeping face , sucking contentedly on her thumb , he swore that he would commit murder if it kept his family as happy as they were now . |