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Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [adj] and it [verb] " in BNC.

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1	But even if this tape is going to record the last speech of somebody famous and it did n't get and therefore they could n't record it , that is co , the consequence of a delay , you know , a fall of snow or our vehicle breaking down or something not being done , or missed some in human , some human error , it 's not our , we do n't lay , we 'll give , we 'll insure or offer transit liability on the value of the goods providing you 've got additional full transit liability with us , but we wo n't for the loss of business because you did n't get it .
2	Japan has few energy resources of its own and it has learnt to be frugal : energy prices are approximately twice those in Britain .
3	When you fall in love with someone new and it goes wrong you go and fetch an old lover and remember how much you loved him once and how you do n't any more and ca n't imagine what you saw in him , and then you feel better .
4	Cornflower-blue eyes bored into her own and it took all the willpower she possessed not to look away .
5	That tremendous happening in that man 's life , and it links it with he present and it applies to you and to me and says , this can be our experience as well .
6	No power was given to conduct investigations on its own and it had to advertise in the local press for information to be brought to it .
7	you know and she , you know you do n't have to pay much this sort of heating 's in or something like that so she 's probably got loads of spare money like you , which is good because she 's on her own and it gives her more , you know
8	Th the reality is that elsewhere in West Sussex erm the business allocations are erm reasonably generous or indeed slightly over generous and er therefore er overall the concern i is very much reduced erm but it might also be just worth mentioning that erm although er there is clearly an opportunity for this committee , this planning authority , the strategic planning authority to , to question figures of this nature and to challenge local plans if they are significantly adrift erm that has to be done in the context of the the local plan enquiry by er in the form of an objection almost and past experience has been that the inspectors and the Secretary of State have allowed a certain amount of leeway depending on the erm proportional er deviation from erm th the figures that were in the structure plan and depending on what is happening elsewhere and on the state of the economy and whilst it would be something which erm it was possible to prepare a case for erm i it is o on , on the balance of erm er the various things that are , that are taking place in West Sussex that the recommendation i is , is put to you that and it seems to be the reasonable course of action , particularly bearing in mind the downturn in , in er erm the er business activity and the er amount of developments taking place .
9	When she 'd gone to work for the Bradfords Paddy had been left on his own and it had got worse than a pigsty then .
10	You see , and you see , I used to say but Gerry as long as it 's up to your usual and it looks alright .
11	I seem to get through it easier and it does n't worry me at all then .
12	When things were at their worst and it appeared the disease would spread over the whole island , Sister Mary Jane Wilson offered , if the government would put into good order the hospital at Lazareto ( which had been damaged and looted during riots ) , to take the group of sisters of whom she was in charge to nurse the sick there .
13	It was Welsh rugby at its best and it proved to be much too quick , clever and alert for a Baa-Baas side boasting five current Springbok squad members , three Namibian internationals and a host of top Provincial players from the Republic .
14	It was Welsh rugby at its best and it proved to be much too quick for a Baa-Baas side boasting five current Springbok squad members , three Namibian internationals and a host of top Provincial players from the Republic .