Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Afterwards , incongruously dressed in a raincoat , she went to the bows and stared briefly down at the mesmerising onrush of sea where it split and foamed at Wavebreaker 's cutwater . |
| 2 | ‘ He was n't keen to put his head where it hurts and that does n't go down well here . |
| 3 | A bib had been tied around Bissell 's neck to collect the raw , liquid plaster which oozed from his mouth where it congealed and hardened . |
| 4 | Something moved on the farther side of the lochan , something hulky and dirty white , caught in the bog myrtle , where it shifted and billowed in the breeze . |
| 5 | Green blood spurted wildly into the air , much of it landing into the stew pot where it fizzed and crackled like little gun shots . |
| 6 | On both her outings Silk Slippers has thrust her attractive nose in front just where it matters and in so doing has established herself not merely as a valuable stud prospect , but an exciting candidate for next year 's 1,000 Guineas and Oaks . |
| 7 | It passes on that crystalline structure to the daughter stream , where it grows and multiplies and finally sends ‘ seeds ’ out again . |
| 8 | Stepping forward to get a firmer grip , I trod on the rake whose handle leapt up , giving me a nasty crack on the brow and a making me stagger , knocking a bottle of systemic insecticide on to the floor , where it shattered and spread a nauseating puddle at my feet . |
| 9 | Another landed on his cheek where it sizzled and went out . |
| 10 | Each layer is an entity unto itself although it interacts and provides services to other layers . |
| 11 | There are a number of reasons for this which could take all day to expound , but the main reason and the one I shall elaborate is that industrialised agriculture nearly always consumes more energy than it produces and is living off capital in the form of fossil fuels . |
| 12 | What a turnaround for a Government which only a couple of years ago actually raised more money than it spent and was dedicated to not borrowing . |
| 13 | the prison system has a tendency to create more problems than it receives and has an equal tendency to fail inmates because , out of its survival fear , it tends to respond to corporate threats , real or imaginary , rather than the real problems of inmates . |
| 14 | No sooner had I thrown it into the toilet than it exploded and I was spattered with the pan 's contents . |
| 15 | Its part is written a perfect fifth higher than it plays and as long as its notes are on the stave it sounds well . |
| 16 | This is much easier than it sounds but not without snags . |
| 17 | Answer : manufacturing a battery uses 50 times more energy than it generates and the mercury it contains is an atmospheric toxin , especially if the battery is incinerated after disposal . |
| 18 | The plaintiffs ' underlying complaint seems to be that C.M.C. borrowed more than it needed and spent more of the borrowed money than it could afford to spend , with the result that there was a loss for which the plaintiffs have been held personally liable as guarantors . |
| 19 | Again , this is easier than it seems and far easier to do than to put into words . |
| 20 | His work with The Miracles kept him in hits until 1972 , when he finally went solo and delivered the gorgeous Smokey , which might have promised more than it delivered but which ultimately — on ‘ Baby Come Close ’ , ‘ Just My Soul Responding ’ and the personal protest of ‘ Holly ’ — established him as the great single Romeo of modern soul . |
| 21 | Too many coaches want to impose a technical straightjacket on their pupils , which can destroy them more than it improves and helps them . |
| 22 | Perhaps the display asked more questions than it answered but it 's clear that the young stars are staking claims early . |
| 23 | After the Edinburgh summit , that looks much less likely than it did and that can only be good news for Courtaulds . |
| 24 | You know the flake is a lot harder than it looks and there 's this traverse … ’ |
| 25 | It 's harder than it looks and you get very wet . |
| 26 | No sooner has it reached A than it reverses and goes to B , returns to A and so on . |
| 27 | Sun Microsystems Inc had to do something to prove it 's muscling into retail like Hewlett-Packard Co so it went and sold Dunkin' Donuts $8m worth of IPC machines to network more than half its 1,600 franchise operations over the next four years . |
| 28 | ‘ Amelia does n't have the chromosome that adheres the skin to the body , so it blisters and comes off , ’ says Jane . |
| 29 | Once it evaporated and Darren Wassle was eventually dismissed for a crime which bore no resemblance to the magnitude of the sentence , well Palace must have fancied their chances . |
| 30 | They do this mainly as eggs , and then hatch out and develop rapidly once it rains and a pool forms . |