Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [noun] it [adv] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beside the stone shell of the Flemyngs ' new mill , at the back of a piece of ground it now shared with a new carpet factory , long-haired cattle were browsing desultorily among mudded grass and stacks of timber . |
| 2 | A Colour Atlas of AIDS was the first book of its kind : written by a team of physicians at the forefront of AIDS research in Britain it comprehensively described in words and outstanding colour photography all aspects of this pandemic disease from epidemiology to transmission and prevention . |
| 3 | These three teachers were struggling to survive in an inner-city school and could not give the evaluation project the kind of commitment it really deserved . |
| 4 | During the early 1970s , when the sort of thinking exemplified by Limits to Growth permeated official forecasts of imminent shortages of strategic commodities , the CIA toyed with the idea that ‘ The United States ’ near-monopoly position as a food exporter … could give [ it ] a measure of power it never had before . ’ |
| 5 | After the breakthrough with Chaman it still took two months of regular visits with Zakir before I got to know the other eunuchs properly . |
| 6 | Its drawbacks were obvious , but so long as the tsar sought noble acquiescence in reform it probably represented the only sort of emancipation which had a chance of reaching the statute book . |
| 7 | Very few people , especially Conservative Members , would dispute the fact that until the change in party control in Brent it probably had the accolade for one of the looniest of loony councils . |
| 8 | After a mile or two of expecting the Range Rover in pursuit it finally came home to her that Penry had no intention of following her . |
| 9 | Chances are if you bought your racket in Britain it already had strings in it — unlike in the USA where the retailer will ask you a lot of questions about how you play and then string your new frame for you . |
| 10 | If it gave Eva pause for thought it certainly did n't show in any relaxation of the pace she set herself . |
| 11 | National growth was uneven ; in the north of England it quickly took root although in the northwest and in Wales it grew more slowly ; it was always weak in Liverpool . |
| 12 | James and I continued to go out and have lovely times together , but after a couple of years it slowly began to dawn on me that I was expanding . |
| 13 | As the cabin cruiser The Aznewts approached the bank of the River Severn at Holt Fleet in Worcester it suddenly rolled over throwing three of the crew overboard . |