Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] it [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well they did n't know and they to it were towing Julie 's car and the tow belt snapped , and of course when it jerked this car forward it cut the petrol off . |
| 2 | Then he filled his cheap vacuum flask and took it back to the car where it completed a meal of dry crusty bread and cheese . |
| 3 | I do n't think it 's a er maybe it 's because the background , I think , I 'm just trying to make up my mind why it loses a bit of interest , and I think what happens is , that the background being , having all this foliage which is lots of light pouring on er , all this sort of twiggery round here is er picking up lots of highlights and that tends to detract from the fairly plain shapes and smooth surfaces of the gourds . |
| 4 | Our assumption is that if evaluation is directed towards problem solving then it presupposes a need for change , and most of the obstacles associated with other forms of educational innovation are likely to be encountered in the implementation of proposed ‘ remedies ’ . |
| 5 | And if a school feels that adding that fourth R to the old reading , writing , arithmetic routine then it seems a parent should n't expect more . |
| 6 | She positively reinforced this new behaviour making it more likely to be repeated to the point where it became a problem . |
| 7 | Drainvalves are generally fitted in the rising main just above the main stopcock and in the cold supply pipe to the hot water cylinder at the point where it enters the cylinder . |
| 8 | There , in the mouth of the stream where it meets the sea and its sweetness gets mixed up with the salt , a fisherman I used to know set his traps . |
| 9 | THE ROAD TO ELLING CHANGED CHARACTER dramatically at the place where it met the river and altered its course to follow that of the river . |
| 10 | that we all vote just this once and get rid of it out of our hands into the place where it belongs the House of Commons . |
| 11 | The port and town occupied an already strong position on the north side of the Tweed where it entered the sea , thus protected on two sides by water . |
| 12 | They called the room where it hung the Centaur Room . |
| 13 | If colour is applied in a robust manner you may need some support to the canvas where it crosses the stretcher , or you could work on canvas mounted on board . |
| 14 | Ministers may try to make a statement ( they secure this every Thursday with the weekly business statement ) ; the Opposition may seek to have a Private Notice Question ; the Government prefer to have a debate on a Government motion or bill ; the Opposition would like to have an Opposition Day when it opens the debate ; and backbenchers seek to get in with points of order and applications for emergency debates . |
| 15 | It was it was fun when we first started , because the weather was nice , you know it was er you c take a thermos up and have a picnic and sit in the chair and read a book or whatever if there was no one around , but after a while when it became a duty , yeah it was hard work getting up on a winter 's morning , knowing full well that you probably would n't see any cars if you down in until about ten in the morning , but you still had to be there at seven o'clock , and honking it down with rain or whatever . |
| 16 | Yeah more to sort of statements of principles rather than just a policy so it lasts a bit . |
| 17 | The society obviously accepted that the resigning secretary acted in good faith , for a month later it passed a vote of thanks to Huntingford for ‘ his unremitting zeal in extending the extra connection of the Society , and in soliciting the correspondence of other Agriculture Societies and Individuals , and his Diligence in forwarding the attendance of Committees , in preparing the business of all meetings and in arranging the correspondence and other Communications to the Society ’ . |
| 18 | The Open Software Foundation attempted to fan the flames of scandal at Unix Expo in New York last week when it broke the news that Sun Microsystems Inc has been funding the lawsuit brought against it by security software house Addamax last year ( UX No 331 ) . |
| 19 | The paper gave fuel to its detractors last week when it named the woman who has accused Edward Kennedy 's nephew of raping her in Palm Beach at Easter . |
| 20 | BRITAIN is a small , overcrowded island yet it has a tradition of being a safe haven for refugees . |
| 21 | He hugged the banister , counting its bar-like wooden rods until he reached the turn where it met the wall . |
| 22 | Since the egg can not enter the oviduct , the treatment consists of removing it from the ovary prior to ovulation , fertilizing it in the laboratory , and placing the proembryo into the uterus where it has a chance to implant . |
| 23 | IBM Corp , whose debt has been ballooning alarmingly , has filed a shelf registration with the US Securities & Exchange Commission to issue up to $2,650m in debt securities , preferred and depositary shares which when combined with previously registered debt securities , preferred and depositary shares , will give it up to $3,000m of such securities available for sale whenever it needs the cash . |
| 24 | I asked Grand Met how it justified the rent increases being imposed . |
| 25 | The reason why it provides a nesting sanctuary for the kite , Hong Kong 's most spectacular bird of prey , is that it is a high-security site for the army . |
| 26 | Use the stand alone system so it gets the date that we 're going to collect it , it can say all the things that we 've said , it 's , you know , we wrote to you some time ago and , and er we , we did n't get the money if you do n't , as you said , if you do n't send us this money we 're gon na sounds like a threat does n't it , if you do n't send this money within the next three months we 'll automatically collect it together with your regular premium due on the date |
| 27 | But in this year the first year of the project , because it will be towards the end of the year anyway it has no revenue , net revenue effect . |
| 28 | The government claimed on Jan. 16 that security forces had destroyed the rebels ' headquarters , but on the following day the BRA staged one of its most spectacular actions to date when it attacked the island 's prison , releasing all Bougainville inmates and killing five prison officers . |
| 29 | They believe the court was mistaken last year when it granted a petition making the university authorities sole trustee , clearing the way for the proposed sale . |
| 30 | A short time later it had a change of heart , however , and indicted the publisher-cum-bookseller Edmund Curll for selling Venus in the Cloister , or the Nun in her Smock which was a spicy tale of lesbian nuns , first published in France in 1682 . |