Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [adj] [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | This barn conversion had about two acres of totally untouched field surrounding it . |
| 2 | The landlady , an attractive , buxom woman in her mid-forties , had brought them each a hugely piled plate of chilli-con-carne , with a pint of appropriately chilly lager to wash it all down . |
| 3 | ‘ After ten minutes , ’ wrote J.C.Trewin , ‘ the little piece became so predictable that it needed acting of quite uncommon quality to heighten it . |
| 4 | This symbolic , familial structure of affiliation between firms of very different sizes makes it difficult to identify the exact extent of independent control especially where subcontractors supply the bulk of their output to one buyer . |
| 5 | Although also a shire town and centre of a big diocese , the absence of truly rich citizens made it hardly more impressive a place than Chichester , which was much smaller ( Table 2.8 ) . |
| 6 | The government 's aim has always been to attract foreign investment ; only its tactics have changed as the tiny city-state ( 639 sq km ) matures and looks for more sophisticated investors to help it achieve the longed-for ‘ developed nation ’ status by 2030 . |
| 7 | Jackie Collins and Barbara Cartland writing about it ; Joan Collins exuding it ; and Samantha Fox , , who 's made £5.5 million for unashamedly encouraging others to do it . |
| 8 | Statutory town planning of a kind therefore got under way after the hiatus of war , with only limited experience to guide it , as summarized by Adshead ( 1923 ) . |
| 9 | What tends to be missing is a more structured approach to information management , along with more convenient tools to facilitate it ’ ( Thom 1993 : 77 ) . |
| 10 | Only in very strong winds does it pull you completely out of the water . |
| 11 | An and in , in that sense it 's quite moderate , and in the sense of , of protecting middle peasants it 's quite moderate erm but in , in terms of encouraging the move back to , to more radical land reforms it is an important step forward . |
| 12 | The geographical dispersion of agricultural work among predominantly small units makes it very difficult to organize union activities effectively ( Newby 1972b ) . |
| 13 | When this is augmented by oddly tangential keyboard sounds it 's an enjoyable little maelstrom to be caught up in . |