Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [coord] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The cat er likes it there , it goes and sits on the top of it .
2 The ideal approach is to choose the software to fit the application and then buy the hardware it needs or subscribe to the appropriate bureau .
3 It stands or falls on the quality of its detail , ’ says Winston .
4 Deixis is the most context-specific linguistic element , and it exists and occurs in the most situation-free as well as the most situation-bound utterances .
5 This distinction is absolutely vital because it uncovers and deals with the first major misconception of doubt — the idea that in doubting a believer is betraying faith and surrendering to unbelief .
6 Then it pupates and hibernates through the winter in the chrysalis state — unusually ; most butterfly species hibernate as adults or , occasionally , as caterpillars .
7 Sometimes , small lava fountains play in the centre , and these reveal just how completely liquid lava can be , as it splashes and sloshes round the base of the fountain ; at other times , small jets of gas blow up through the lava in fiery gouts , churning up the lake into glowing whorls and currents of molten rock .
8 I stand listening for a moment — crying could ruin everything — but there 's only the rhythmic suck-suck , suck-suck , suck-suck as it breathes and sucks on the medicine .
9 Undoubtedly the more controlled damping comes from the Corrado , which copes admirably with undulations at speed , but show it some sharper bumps and , like the Calibra , it jolts and shudders through the shell .
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