Example sentences of "it [det] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It all began with a dose of ‘ flu which cleared and went away … only to be followed by a heavy cold . |
| 2 | Back home in Scotland , money was to become an increasingly divisive issue throughout the campaign and it all began with a packet of fags . |
| 3 | ‘ Farnborough is where it all began for a lot of people . |
| 4 | It all felt like a trap . |
| 5 | It all culminated in a rebellion during 1881–82 , led by a nationalistic army officer , Colonel Ahmed Arabi . |
| 6 | It all ended in a flourish , of course . |
| 7 | It all depended on a couple of big points and fortunately I got them . ’ |
| 8 | Out it all rushed in a torrent , the whole story so far . |
| 9 | It all came to a head in what proved to be Lineker 's final game , when as England were trailing against Sweden in Stockholm , Taylor pulled him off . |
| 10 | ‘ It all came to a head when we lost 3–0 to Derby and , if I 'm honest , all three goals were down to me . |
| 11 | ‘ It all came to a head while we were touring South America . |
| 12 | Er that problem always raised and of course visitors and things like that , car parking , it all came to a head . |
| 13 | It all came to a head the day a fire engine could n't get down the High Street for parked cars . |
| 14 | It all came as a shock for the 63-year-old Governor . |
| 15 | The story behind these is set out in typically complete sleeve notes , but essentially it all started with a recording of Mussorgsky 's pictures at an Exhibition with the Chicago SO under Kubelik . |
| 16 | It all started with a bet … |
| 17 | I 'd left school in 1976 , I was unemployed and it all happened through a drama group at the Royal Court Theatre where I met people who were out . |
| 18 | Although , perhaps it was fortunate in one sense that er it completely destroyed the main machine shop and er it , it all happened over a period of about twenty to twenty five minutes . |
| 19 | Oh that was approximately about erm , well I 'm talking about now in my time it must be over twenty year ago , when he introduced that and the simple reason was there was an argument between the deputy harbourmaster and the boatmen which are the cos they used t it all happened over a ship called used to be a collier , used to run here regular and that used to discharge so much coal at Cliff Quay , then it used to go into the dock at Tolwells Quay and finish unloading because it used to bring two or three different lots of coal , it was a four hold ship , she had four holds , and there 'd be one hold for the chemical works and perhaps there 'd be three holds for and that se |
| 20 | It all makes for a village-type feel , which was a little like a ‘ theme park ’ with no public . |
| 21 | It all comes to a head at weekends and bank holidays . |
| 22 | ‘ Sometimes it all comes to a head , ’ Gran said , low , and shut her eyes while the pain furrowed her face . |