Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] it [verb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shame of it may have caused the slight stroke that overtook him , or perhaps it preceded the disaster . |
| 2 | Everyday , people interact with one another and whether this is done informally or formally it involves a topic or string of topics . |
| 3 | In the classical theory of gravity , which is based on real space-time , there are only two possible ways the universe can behave : either it has existed for an infinite time , or else it had a beginning at a singularity at some finite time in the past . |
| 4 | Sustained collaboration was usually initiated by pupils themselves , or else it required the presence of the teacher for all or part of the time . |
| 5 | Well if it was me to keep it balanced I usually put the bigger ones near the bottom or on one side so that the small bit are at the top and the big bits are at the bottom and artistically it looks a bit better balanced but it does n't really matter for the maths where you put it . |
| 6 | They put it on a a solvent or a fat in layers and let the oil seep through , and so it takes a lot longer and is more difficult to get . |
| 7 | The rheme is all there is in the clause and so it receives the reader 's undivided attention . |
| 8 | Offerings of food are placed before the figure and so it assumes a role almost equal to that of a human , and it is in this light that it becomes understandable why the sanctum of Indian temples is usually taboo to all but the priests who attend the icon and perform the ceremonial prayers . |
| 9 | er they also brought out some a good range of lighting fittings er , which you still see about again used well I , I remember putting one , you saying about putting lights at different levels , erm a staircase which was in a new house which was architect design and built and erm , the staircase was er more or less centrally in the house rather than be stuck against one wall and so it had a well and down the centre of the well we strung one of these lights with er five different glasses suspended on black flex five black flexes and erm these were shades made of heavy glass er the glass was n't painted it was coloured all the way through , er and erm they were called er Chelsea , Chelsea glasswork and erm these each had a lamp inside them well er about three inch diameter cylinders actually about eight inches long and they were hung at different heights er so that the lip behind the staircase and also of course there 's a staircase being where it was , it was in the centre of er , a , quite a large hallway for modern stand for modern standards and erm it of course was a feature of the hall as well . |
| 10 | Prohibition is only available to restrain illegal action and so it plays no part in correcting errors of law within jurisdiction , for which certiorari is the only remedy . |
| 11 | And so it killed the Doctor . |
| 12 | Each ‘ hour ’ — Matins , Lauds , Vespers and so on — consisted of psalms , prayers and readings from scripture and the fathers and so it gave the nun a form Lectio . |
| 13 | But I suspect a lot of you would want to leave them with a matt finish , it 's entirely up to you Anyway when you paint , like I say , it 's just it 's because it 's porous it sucks the colour off the brush and er it immediately dries , so you can see , straight away , the colour it 's gon na be when you then put the varnish on you use a sort of matt varnish and so it brings the colour up but it wo n't be shiny or a shine , which you 're gon na choose like you might wan na matt varnish with this and shiny for the shell which ca it really brings the colour up , we wo n't get round to varnishing today erm and the other thing you can do , if you want erm a sort of a mottled effect you do pink in a base colour say Mikila wanted all greeny , bluey colours on that |
| 14 | ‘ But the German system appears to have no place for the producer — it 's like a final , ridiculous culmination of the auteur theory , which insisted that movies are made by directors rather than producers — and so it has no room for that kind of creative argument . ’ |
| 15 | In the main text explanation , the distinction between sounds and spelling is mentioned and so it seems a pity that the obvious procedure , of explaining phonetics in a little more detail , was not followed . |
| 16 | A stream of the same name drains a wide moorland above the fall and below it enters the head of Loch Glencoul . |
| 17 | And already it holds the record in Britain for the inland stretch of water with the highest number of bird species in winter . |
| 18 | It was strange because there were only two of them , and normally it takes a lot more than that to make me feel outnumbered . |
| 19 | The cloister has three open arcaded sides and above it runs a gallery with a brick frieze along which winged griffins compete , each holding a shield with horse 's heads . |
| 20 | One stone is disturbed on a hillside , and soon it becomes a landslide . ’ |
| 21 | Then , one week , the quietest woman in the group said : ‘ This is the only place where I can afford to be honest , ’ and somehow it seemed the healing process had begun . |
| 22 | In the f and ff it helps the tuba to combine with the trombones by imparting to it the ‘ edge ’ which it otherwise lacks . |
| 23 | This time it held out longer , and gradually it learned the way to work its muscles and to develop their strength . |
| 24 | Each time she finished a film , she would tell Mum the title and once it reached the cinema , Mrs Pilling was to be seen at every performance . |
| 25 | When the Young Man returns and the movement is again repeated more slowly and deliberately it becomes the signal of a tender reunion . |
| 26 | The phone rings a lot and usually it interrupts a meeting . |
| 27 | This partly reflects the fact that strikes are a dramatic form of conflict ( or at least they can be portrayed as dramatic events ) , and partly it reflects the fact that public opinion in Britain is firmly fixed upon strikes . |
| 28 | Incidentally , much of its work was done in support of the Citizens ' Advice Bureaux , erm , in which it helped develop er , computer applications , and also it had the courage to organise a major AIDS conference . |
| 29 | so that we know and also it puts the guy in context for I mean these if I remember I mean H M S O are mega bucks buyers |
| 30 | Lyle , as defending champion , had to be-jacket Faldo , and coincidentally it signalled the end of perhaps the finest stretch of golf played by a British golfer . |