Example sentences of "it [adv] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Go up about two miles , hit a junction , ‘ Abeline 's Diner ’ , you 'll see it right in front of you , small place , nothing fancy . |
| 2 | When you replace the receiver after calling them , you get caught up at once by all the other pressing demands on your time , while they , in some cases , may be left sitting in a silent room , turning over everything you have said , and sifting it eagerly for confirmation of your real affection and concern for them . |
| 3 | He was told : ‘ We try to keep the panelling for three years , to get it thoroughly seasoned while other wood is dried artificially if required before it has time to get seasoned … we use chiefly mahogany , oak and walnut , a vast amount of teak — one of the most useful woods in railway construction — sycamore ; yellow deal for partitions , roofs and floors ; elm we find of very little use , but we are now very partial to Padouk wood [ from South Australia ] , though the workmen do n't like it much on account of its toughness ’ . |
| 4 | She plucked the thermometer from Forster and held it unbelievingly in front of her . |
| 5 | He wanted to know what had happened , wanted to understand the dynamics of the situation and to store it away as part of his constantly changing , growing understanding of himself and of those around him . |
| 6 | Data General will market it elsewhere as part of its AViiON series , but wo n't announce the box until later this summer when it plans to unveil other long-awaited 88110-based additions to its workstation and server line . |
| 7 | Data General will market it elsewhere as part of its AViiON series , but wo n't announce the box until later this summer when it plans to unveil other long-awaited 88110-based additions to its workstation and server line . |
| 8 | But Joe insisted on holding it carefully in front of him . |
| 9 | The life-like character of much of this art is evident , but few if any authorities would interpret it today as representation for its own sake . |
| 10 | The demure Lily in her straw hat , a hat I could describe to you now , still , as well as if I had it here in front of me , the crown swathed in a pale tulle the colour of a summer haze … in a long-sleeved , high-necked , pink-and-white striped blouse … a dark-blue hobble skirt , beside whom I walked across Regent 's Park in the spring of 1914 . |
| 11 | The cellar 's chunky good looks make it equally at home in your kitchen , dining room or breakfast tray . |
| 12 | We do n't see it quite as part of our role , no . |
| 13 | Just leave it there in front of him so that he can eat it if he wants it Charlotte |
| 14 | Slowly I unfolded the thick paper and spread it flat in front of me . |
| 15 | She took the memory of it upstairs to bed with her , but all the time that she wrote she could see him sitting there as he had been when he had first lit the lamp , his face full of an old pain . |
| 16 | You might think that the second group find it easier to transition to what is , after all , only one half of the problems they 've been used to cope with aboard their twins . |
| 17 | Well , I think we may actually be able to get some of it actually with support towards it , if we play it right , because other things are particularly important that we support organizations which are trying to solve the problem of women returning to work when they have children , and to cre so that they can create the mechanisms that the children can be looked after , after school and during the school holidays . |
| 18 | Clutching it protectively in front of her , she stared in dry-mouthed terror at a very tall , dark , athletic-looking man , clad in a lightweight beige suit , with the jacket off and slung carelessly over his shoulder , suspended on one negligent finger . |