Example sentences of "[prep] it [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some movement , the barely audible sound of a door opening and closing , then the monkey 's body clock got the better of it again and it fell asleep . |
| 2 | What they do not see , of course , are the tears at the sheer frustration of it all when it hits home at two in the morning . |
| 3 | It was assumed that schools would be using the materials and theme for about twelve periods a week for six weeks , as Miss Garnett noted : " This is probably as long as the steam stays in a theme for this age , and nobody should feel embarrassed about pulling out of it quicker if it seems right to do so " ( Leicester/Leicestershire Curriculum Development Project 1970 : I ) . |
| 4 | It walks on only five of its legs and holds the sixth out stiffly behind it so that it appears to have a sting projecting from the tip of its abdomen . |
| 5 | To somebody else then who wants to live in it just till it 's built ! |
| 6 | Yes that was counted in it too and it had to be well parked . |
| 7 | The fire dropped all round it so that it disappeared in the rolling orange and curling black . |
| 8 | Put some of the icing sugar mixture on top and carefully mould the paste round it so that it covers the icing sugar . |
| 9 | They went over it repeatedly until it weakened and gave in and became part of them . |
| 10 | The reason HP is rated ‘ difficult to arrange ’ by more people than other credit types is not that people think it would be more difficult to arrange , but that people generally were quicker to apply any comments to it presumably because it has a more prominent image for them . |
| 11 | [ If the balance in your PEP falls below £500 you will be given the option to withdraw the full balance or add to it so that it rises above the minimum level ] . |
| 12 | When it had been screened you 'd got to be in there and the malted barley would come out of a big hole just big enough to get a comb-sack through ; and it used to run into a big heap ; and you 'd got to be inside there a-throwing on it back so it did n't bung up the hole . |
| 13 | But even at his most confused , the essence of Maurice was still there , and we loved him for it even when it drove us spare . |
| 14 | Mind you it 's true he'd' 've got more for it probably if it 'd been working but |
| 15 | She had wondered about it briefly when it seemed certain that her mother and Michele 's father had known each other in the past . |
| 16 | Yeah and we wound , re-wound the tape and er looked for the number and it 's the same number , I 've done it three times and I got this other bloke and I went right through it once and it says |
| 17 | It had left her a little awe-stricken and she made a move to look at it again as it lay on her dressing-table . |
| 18 | He kicked out at it viciously and it rolled , screeching and spitting into the roadway . |
| 19 | Blackberry thrust at it angrily and it flew up , buzzing , into the sunshine . |