Example sentences of "[vb base] it [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Pity it stares out at a row of other houses . ’ |
| 2 | Therefore , if a clause giving a reason for such an action has a pronominal subject , we expect it to refer back to the questioner . |
| 3 | ‘ Well , I expect it starts earlier on the Continent , ’ said Sister Dew happily . |
| 4 | If not , place it facing out into the living space . |
| 5 | You simply squeeze Colourfun Image Maker over a picture they like , place it face down on the garment and roll with a rolling pin . |
| 6 | We thought of some number divided by one twenty now we want it go back to the number we thought of . |
| 7 | Want it mopped over in the morning . |
| 8 | Now imagine it flying away into the distance and think about where it is going . |
| 9 | Well I know it is and er I hope it comes over in a genuine way . |
| 10 | If the pointer is moving slowly back , then let it go back to the edge of the circle ; then 1 turn towards the movement 2°-5° ( according to rate of change ) until it is steady . |
| 11 | Electric immersion heater , er , ah , oh of course we had an Ideal boiler under there and it , that 's what heated this kitchen actually an Ideal boiler and it heated the water in the winter and also heated the , and in the summer we let that out and had an immersion heater , well being in the electrical trade we had an immersion heater all the time and if we wanted to top up from the boiler we used to just put the immersion heater on for a erm week or so and get hot water and then let it go off in the winter time , you know , but er we have n't made a great deal of alteration to this place really , we 've put a new front door on fairly recently , that was one of the things that er was very ugly , they , the back of the front of the doors to look at , ooh they were ugly doors |
| 12 | ‘ Remember to let the feeling out , let it gush out like a fountain , but draw it back afterwards . |
| 13 | If you putt the ball , you can hit it firmly to the top of the bank and simply let it roll down to the hole . |
| 14 | well let it dry off for a minute , well they must have a card , good job I thought about that I should be interested to see what she calls her because I think Annalise is a beautiful name |
| 15 | Frau Nordern heaved up her brief-case and let it fall on to the desk with a satisfying , rather official thud . |
| 16 | Ensure it fits tight to the sides and base of the cistern . |
| 17 | Wind it up and watch it shoot up like a dirty old man 's dick at the sight of a Madonna book . |
| 18 | We watch it splutter off around the nearest comer . |
| 19 | We have seen a shift from the utopianism of the 1960s to a culture of nostalgia and , as with the more dystopian elements in postmodernism , the exhibition and the books which accompany it look backward in a search for appearances as if they were compensatory fantasies substituting for a forgotten dream . |
| 20 | I know it does n't at the moment but you know what I mean . |
| 21 | You 've got ta put an offer in and pay it so much a month have n't you or something and , and , and get it paid off over a period of time ? |
| 22 | I got sick of this , so I brought an old alarm clock and hung it around my neck and set it to go off at the moment he walked in one day . |
| 23 | While you are waiting to cross , encourage the dog to sit at the kerb , and never allow it to wander out into the road on its own . |
| 24 | You just walked back to your position trying to look unconcerned and got your clap from the crowd : I could feel this smile on my face , feel it spreading out to a grin . |
| 25 | People begin to become aware of this , and their thoughts and feelings gradually enable it to build up into a powerful tribal god . |
| 26 | Like the system of militia service it pressed heavily upon the poorer sections of the groups it affected and fell comparatively lightly on the middle classes of the French seaports . |
| 27 | I mean it stuck out like a sore thumb , I mean er by King George 's playing fields erm cos of the , they had n't the , th the , the s other story for that was as I said was we they sent er some of us to a class in Walsall for er aircraft recognition and er the days I went to this class , cos I went as er , er both for the factory and for the Home Guard , so that I could cover both the factory and when I were on duty , Home Guard and we was at a building on the corner of Corporation Street and west , and we was taking classes in there . |
| 28 | I , er I mean it sticks out like a sore thumb , and one would have expected that this paper came from education . |
| 29 | I mean it going back to the days I think it was Professor Jode , it depends what you mean by class . |
| 30 | Just make it twist round at the side and then it wo n't touch it . |