Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [prep] [conj] it [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any tax charge under ss671 and 672 is assessed under Case VI of Schedule D , and the settlor is entitled to any deduction or relief against it as if it had been received by him as income . |
| 2 | They never changed the booth they sat in and they found that nobody was ever sitting in it as if it had an invisible reserved sign hanging above it . |
| 3 | Everyone , including the Indians , seemed to be happy and laughing , and in my surly mood I unkindly wished them all in hell — chiefly because no one was in any hurry to serve me and I had to sit and watch a party at the next table consume a feast that looked to me as if it had issued straight from Nirvana , before I was even shown a menu . |
| 4 | This marriage was advantageous to him in that it introduced him into the local society but it was to last only three years , for in 1573 Jane died of smallpox at the age of 20 . |
| 5 | The ‘ case-work ’ approach had much to be said for it in that it entailed a serious attempt to analyse the nature of the problem confronting the individual or family and to achieve a lasting solution without removing the clients from their familiar environment . |
| 6 | The phone went dead and she stared at it as if it had bitten her . |
| 7 | Tremulously she took his outstretched hand and it closed around hers as if it had been there forever . |