Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [pron] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should be quite content , I thought , to live here for ever , smelling the cooking and the lavatory and the dust , looking forward to my two slices of bread at lunch or tea and my Red Cross stew at supper , thinking about all the books I am going to read and how nice it is going to be when I can speak German and Russian fluently ; I only want to be allowed to live , and enjoy the sun when it shines , and wait for it when it goes behind a cloud . |
| 2 | ‘ Usually , ’ he went on , ‘ when there 's to be a police raid of any sort we know about it before it happens . |
| 3 | Deal with it as it comes on . |
| 4 | At Force Mills , follow the road leading up to Satterthwaite , keep on it as it crosses over Grizedale Beck . |
| 5 | Walk along this and stay on it till it disappears at the top ridge . |
| 6 | What will the infinite wisdom of the universe do with itself as it rushes towards that point ? |
| 7 | Did people expect it to be liquified and work on it until it happened , or was it just an accidental discovery ? |