Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For weeks he was the trouble of my dreams and it took real courage to go to see him in Attila the Hun . |
| 2 | I did n't want to lose any of my squad and it makes my job a little bit easier this summer . ’ |
| 3 | I lost half of my friends when it happened |
| 4 | While I put my purchases on the sliding counter he kept patting the inside of my thigh until it drove me to desperation . |
| 5 | I felt the side of my head where it had hit the bus shelter ; a bruise was forming and my eye felt sore . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's written at the front of my note-book and it says ‘ Private ’ in case you had n't noticed . ’ |
| 7 | Unfortunately , I 'll probably be at the end of my life when it happens |
| 8 | An information board allowed me to keep everyone up-to-date on my progress , stimulate interest and heighten awareness of my role as it developed . |
| 9 | The wind had taken more of my energy than it saved , and without the sail , the wheelbarrow was much easier to control . |
| 10 | I 've been working on that part of my game and it came off tonight . ’ |
| 11 | It should have been the best day of my career but it turned into a nightmare . ’ |
| 12 | The dried blood from my nose was smeared all over the front of my mouth and it cracked when I tried to move my lips . |
| 13 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 14 | I do n't know what reasons brought you to me or whether they have any connection with certain events — I have my suspicions I 'll confess , but I accept it is n't any of my business unless it reaches a point where it outwardly affects me . |
| 15 | One way or another , we get to see most of their stuff before it gets Stateside . |
| 16 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 17 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 18 | Eventually Ryan appeased Neath by choosing more of their players but it made no difference : whatever kind of front five was chosen , static or mobile , Wales were beaten , and then when rugby league lucre had begun to attract an increasing number of his better players Ryan gave up the unequal struggle after the devastating defeat at Twickenham in 1990 . |
| 19 | All pairs go through this sequence irrespective of their sex and it ends with a clear dominance — subordination relationship in which grooming indicates compatibility and resolution of tension . |
| 20 | One industry spokesman comments : ‘ The overall performance of computerised management systems within the hotel industry relates more to the attitudes of managers towards training and the commitment of their suppliers than it does to the ‘ superiority ’ of the individual systems . ’ |
| 21 | But frequently they appear to have taken leave of their senses when it comes to choosing the right sort of women . |
| 22 | Despite the availability of consumer magazines like Which ? people are still not always sure of their rights when it comes to the purchase , or indeed the sale , of goods . |
| 23 | It undertook to grade all departments according to the quality of their research and it inaugurated a series of subject reviews . |
| 24 | Quite often all the things that parents want to say go out of their heads and it takes time and confidence in their listener to start to explore the greater areas of concern . |
| 25 | In the West , the time of retirement for many people is the end of their usefulness and it means for them no more than a hopeless waiting for them . |
| 26 | Integrity expands and deepens the role individual citizens can play in developing the public standards of their community because it requires them to treat relations among themselves as characteristically , not just spasmodically , governed by these standards . |
| 27 | It is often divided into two lobes by an inflexion of its wall where it articulates with the pleuron . |
| 28 | Or another horse may be described as ‘ too intelligent for its own good ! ’ when in fact the horse is actually demonstrating an unwilling aspect of its temperament when it evades what is being asked of it . |
| 29 | But must a foraging hyena be conscious of the food it has not yet uncovered , or a homing salmon aware of its destination as it begins the laborious trip upstream to its natal stream to spawn ; both exemplars of goal-seeking behaviour ? |
| 30 | From some different world , she heard the bird 's song cease abruptly in mid-trill , and the startled flutter of its wings as it took flight , followed by the soft rustle of a breeze through the bushes . |