Example sentences of "it [conj] [pron] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 What is it that we carry away with us when we leave a gallery that creates a desire in us to paint , to draw or simply to doodle on a page .
2 W w why is it that you went straight from school into the
3 ‘ What is it that you dislike most about work ? ’
4 You know you have people who write it once you know once through .
5 The Moslems would n't accept it if it came straight from him . ’
6 " And another thing — I mean her to eat it if she sits there till her bedtime . "
7 I was determined to see it and I pulled away from him and went up to the box office to pay my penny , hoping he would follow .
8 But they decided against it and it went again in October .
9 The wind caught it and it bounced awkwardly for the St Aloysius defence and Roy Montgomery went in for a try under the posts which was converted by Ross Houghton .
10 Practise using it until you feel quite at home with all the knobs and buttons .
11 Lyn wanted to see it but she slept right through that .
12 We 'll return to it when we get there in that case .
13 ‘ I really enjoy it when we play quietly like this . ’
14 It was convenient because they could put her to sleep in it when they stayed overnight in strange houses .
15 He taught her that the sacrament of the eucharist was so big that he did not feel that he had finished with it when he came home after the service at 8 a.m. on Sunday morning .
16 YAKOV TOLSTIKOV is among the favourites to win one of the big-money prizes in the ADT London Marathon on Sunday , but however much he makes he will struggle to spend it when he returns home to Siberia .
17 ‘ Bess Halidon , your mother , gave me proof of it when she came here on the day prior to her death and asked that you be found employment . ’
18 For some reason , he disliked it when she behaved badly in front of Marjorie .
19 You can do it when you come home from work and you 're all right at week-ends. i could dance .
20 When you go home on a lunch time , you do n't need it when you go home at lunchtime .
21 In fact , she felt that they were deterred by it as they left quickly with no attempt at explanation .
22 The Americanism made Gina want to laugh , but there was something in those beautiful blue eyes with their clear , piercing quality which made her think better of it as they dwelt consideringly on her face .
23 He kicked it away from the bars , then continued to boot it as it shambled deeper into the hut .
24 Raise the tank temperature to 70°F. before adding it as it works better at higher temperatures .
25 His garments were of the forest and he seemed a part of it as he sat there on a tree-stump , small , compact , a broken shape of browns , fawns , russets and greens .
26 She knew it with the first note she sang , she knew it as she walked jerkily across the stage in a parody of her usual smooth-flowing stride , she knew it as she was forced to search her mind for the next line of a song she knew by heart .
27 Surprise made her catch a breath , but it was the swiftly ensuing resentment that held it locked in her lungs for seconds after she should have expelled it as she stared questioningly at Luke Scott , casually elegant in a beautifully made lightweight jacket worn over a pale shirt and obviously expensive trousers with a discreetly fashionable belt .
28 She had yet to see anyone using it as she rode past on regular exercise both early and late : it deserved better .
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