Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [noun prp] [conj] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sadly the ‘ Parracombe ’ failed in its gallant attempt to reach Malta when it struck a mine off Cap Bon . |
| 2 | In 1955 a major Israeli reprisal raid on Gaza persuaded Egypt that it must arm itself , and it found a ready supplier in the Soviet Union which was anxious to gain a foothold in the Middle East as part of its policy of making friends in the post-colonial Third World . |
| 3 | ‘ Fella deserves Shochaiku if it 's gon na be his last drink . ’ |
| 4 | It is only when the United States persuades Israel that it can not continue to deny the choice of representative that the Palestinian people have made — however reprehensible that representative may seem — that any meaningful international dialogue towards peace can take place . |
| 5 | In what sounds like computer industry heresy , Gupta Corp , Menlo Park told Reuter that it is looking to higher prices for its more advanced software products to help it achieve sharply higher earnings in 1993 : ‘ Our prices are going up as the functionality and performance of our software increases along with the functionality and performance of personal computer networks , ’ chief executive Umang Gupta said ; the company will introduce two new versions of its SQLWindows 4.0 software later this month ; the standard version at $2,000 , a more advanced one at $3,500 ; he says its only prices going down were for communications routing software . |
| 6 | Sun discovered Praxsys after it acquired the PC half of Interactive and picked up rights to it . |
| 7 | Mr Nellist joins Isosceles as it plans the flotation of Wellworth , its Northern Irish supermarket chain , and the sale of Herman 's , its American sporting goods chain , to reduce its heavy borrowings . |
| 8 | It took 30 minutes of argument , a great deal of soothing of apparently hurt professional pride , and not a little money to persuade Chela that it was time to call it a night , alone . |
| 9 | Jacques Delors reminds Luxembourg that it does n't have a currency . |
| 10 | Graham Taylor selected Clough as it became clear that Nottingham Forest have finally signed a transfer form which makes the striker the first summer addition to Souness 's squad . |
| 11 | In fact managing director Almerino Furlan warned Microsoft that it could go the same way as IBM Corp because , like Big Blue , it is trying to spread itself too thin . |
| 12 | No one has any idea how much the Wertheimer brothers who own Chanel pay Lagerfeld but it is estimated to run into millions . |
| 13 | McLaren boss Teddy Mayer as much as admitted at the end of 1975 that he thought Emerson wanted to move — or that he was in personal trouble of one kind and another — but the official news reached Hunt before it got to the team , and got to Hunt through Domingos Piedade , an eccentric figure close to the cheerful groupie Googie Zanon , a wealthy ( textiles ) Italian aristocrat whose support has been crucial to many drivers at critical points in their career , then ‘ manager ’ to Emerson and now to Ayrton Senna — a fringe career from which Domingos , hugely personable , but also often more a talker than a doer , has made a more than reasonable living . |
| 14 | It was barely dawn when Maxim reached Albany but it was Annette Harbinger who opened the door to him . |
| 15 | Apparently in those new tapes , the Chronicles of Narnia that Gwyneth gave Chris but it 's |
| 16 | Then somewhere in the excitement Sinha remembered Chatterjee and it all linked together for him : hot springs , helium , fusion . |
| 17 | This bias was particularly strong during our Pre-Campaign Wave in March when Prime Minister Thatcher visited Moscow but it continued at a reduced level throughout the final campaign . |
| 18 | It is generally the present tense which is used when you describe a text , even when you describe it in terms which place it in the past ( e.g. by mentioning the author ) : In Los Gusanos ( 1991 ) John Sayles describes Miami as it was in the early 1980s . |
| 19 | The Welsh Water Authority issued a Red 2 flood warning , and BR 's Swindon control centre telexed Swansea that it would be ‘ probably imprudent ’ to allow the train 's departure . |
| 20 | Nicaragua become the 28th state recognising Taiwan when it re-established relations on Nov. 6 , having switched recognition to China in 1985 . |
| 21 | He was the first high-ranking UN official to visit Taiwan since it withdrew from the UN in 1971 . |
| 22 | A wheezing cough at the other end of the line told Kelly that it was Bob Morrow . |
| 23 | When she saw the post of maid in general to Esther Ward advertised , she used all her powers of persuasion to convince Tilly that it would only be for a very short time : ‘ Just so I know how he is … how my daughter Beth is faring . ’ |
| 24 | Examples include Vodafone before it was floated by Racal ; Euro Disney before the company was formally launched ; and SmithKline Beecham before the two firms merged . |
| 25 | A plea to downgrade Darlington so it could attract more Government aid is to go ahead despite an earlier warning that it could backfire . |
| 26 | Cambodia made Schanberg but it may also have marred him . |
| 27 | The company told Reuter that it will probably set up a new company employing NeXT technicians to develop high-speed workstations . |
| 28 | The company told Reuter that it will probably set up a new company employing NeXT technicians to develop high-speed workstations . |
| 29 | ARTISOFT ENHANCES LANTASTIC AS IT UNVEILS VERSION 5 OF THE NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM |
| 30 | On the same day Churchill instructed Alexander that it was important that his forces should use no violence against Tito 's men , except in self-defence . |