Example sentences of "[prep] [num] [adv] [coord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The long-term trend towards greater equality of income and wealth has been reversed under the Conservative governments of 1979 onwards and it is argued that this ‘ strategy of inequality ’ ( Child Poverty Action Group ) , which is seen as a direct consequence of the drive towards popular capitalism , has led to a major increase in poverty in the UK and to the possible emergence of an underclass , who lack any stake in popular capitalism and who are caught in the dependency culture . |
| 2 | just one other cricket match , again I said in Hertfordshire , this one 's at Ashwall near Baldock , and their cricket club 's long way ahead in fact , but it 's erm , twenty first September , but we sha n't have time to talk about it before two o'clock and it 's in aid of the garden hospice at Letchworth , a very worthy cause that , and John Emburey 's taking a , a Middlesex eleven against the Cherubs who are the local team , John runs them down there , so that er , that is at Ashwall , two o'clock start twenty first September , have a look at John Emburey and his Middlesex eleven , all in a good , good cause , and the Cherubs watch them as well . |
| 3 | You may not know it , but I have n't had a thing to eat since eight o'clock and it 's half-past two now . ’ |
| 4 | They had been on stand-by since 10.00 a.m. and it was now after one o'clock , but they were as crisp and well-tailored as if they 'd just stepped on to the plane . |
| 5 | it 's , it 's , I was sat outside at eight o'clock and it were dark , I could , sat watching traffic lights , there was that much to do I was sat outside smoking watching traffic lights change |
| 6 | We got up at 5.30 am and it was grim . |
| 7 | Because , although it 's before nine erm , the next morning erm you 're actually giving them now more lead time , you 've given them another day because an , sometime tomorrow you know , if it gets there at two o'clock and it 's off-loading in in in at the bay and someone checks that it 's been received and then someone makes a phone call to tell them it 's there , and then they 're doing something else , and then they come down and have a look at it , how many boxes do you think are sitting on loading bays that do n't get looked at for a day or two , or three , or four , five when they 've had a next day service ? |