Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [subord] [pron] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shave men regularly and arrange women 's hair as they like it . |
| 2 | My father said the 17-horse power would use too much petrol , but it gave me a year 's pleasure before I swopped it for an A30 van . |
| 3 | The shorter the boat , the more easily the boat goes off course and the more the paddle blade needs to move away from the boat 's side whilst we propel it forward . |
| 4 | Iago works on Othello 's vision-interpretation until he replaces it with his own . |
| 5 | The Mitchells were granted permission to burn charcoal from coppiced timber at Hangman 's Wood if they returned it to this state of management . |
| 6 | I only got Rosie 's help because he put it to you ; of course , it would be in a very nice way , that I was too tired to give him his rights . ’ |
| 7 | The film became the American entry , by invitation , into that year 's Venice film festival and the New York Times ' critic , Bosley Crowther , summed up his nation 's embarrassment when he described it as a ‘ brutal picture which caused diplomats to mop their brows — a vicious account of boozing , fighting , pot-smoking , vandalizing and raping done by a gang of sickle riders who are obviously drawn to represent the swastika-wearing Hell 's Angels , one of several disreputable gangs on the west coast . |
| 8 | What would he do with Harry 's body when he found it at last , but toss it back again to go downstream as he willed it to go , and leave its poor slender bones scattered all along the banks of Severn without a name or a resting-place ? |
| 9 | Today , it 's known as Lolly 's Lagoon because she saw it first . |
| 10 | Trevor Magee had passed the small entryway to Long 's Court when he noticed it . |
| 11 | It is significant in this respect that Galileo 's drawing of the moon 's surface as he saw it through a telescope contains some craters that do not in fact exist there . |
| 12 | Do give her the chance of a night 's rest before you have it out with her . ’ |
| 13 | But they were unable to spin out their game for long ; impatience got the better of them and they returned the puppy , which stood shivering under its mother 's tongue as she licked it clean of foreign influences . |
| 14 | I told them , as I tell alumni wherever I meet them , that the best thing you can do for the University is to remember its strengths , and in your normal professional and daily lives to be prepared to speak up on the University 's behalf when you think it is appropriate . |
| 15 | I was even more impressed with the jacket 's performance when I wore it next to my skin — it has an antibacterial finish to the fleece which makes it suitable for this purpose . |
| 16 | There were hundreds of entries under Wells and a dozen or more A's ; none of them matched with Alison 's address as he remembered it ; and yet she 'd told him she was in the book . |
| 17 | And she outlined the role of an artist 's companion as she saw it . |
| 18 | Erm I could also support Chris 's resolution if I thought it was realistic to hope for an adequately funded public transport system in , in the foreseeable future . |
| 19 | I 'm slightly concerned about this because it said that other matters erm we do n't know what other matters until the inspector has been in , in June and has identified those other matters , presumably when we get the further inspector 's report next Autumn or after June , it will address issues which may have been ones he has addressed this year and maybe not , er and we will have to look at that inspector 's report when we receive it . |
| 20 | Some of that almost-lost flavour can still be savoured in books like William Lutton 's ‘ Montiaghisms ’ ( 1923 , but compiled 80 or 90 years earlier ) , P W Joyce 's English as we speak it in Ireland ’ ( 1910 ) or , more recently , T G F Paterson 's Country Cracks ’ ( 1939 ) . |
| 21 | I think that 's Mr Sedgewick 's view if you have it . |
| 22 | So in my new bedroom ( which used to be Pa 's office until he gave it up , just for me , and moved into the caravan ) , we work out a prayer together , to help me not to be led into temptation again . |
| 23 | His eyes were on Rostov 's face as he strapped it on . |
| 24 | She was watching the chief inspector 's face as she said it , and she knew that he believed her , and accepted her as a good witness . |
| 25 | The only carpet was in the best room , or the visitors ' room as they called it . |
| 26 | He regretted the Ryans ' intractability because he felt it made Eileen unhappy . |