Example sentences of "[noun pl] [verb] it [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they have the grave disadvantage that they must spend almost all their waking hours eating it if they are to obtain an adequate diet . |
| 2 | The fans love it when we do JET . ’ |
| 3 | His whole life seemed to hang on each letter in Annie 's hand , his eyes following it until she handed it into the crowd or placed it on a pile to one side and then he would fix on the next letter and the next . |
| 4 | The operators ignored it as they were used to the odd US aircraft in the area . |
| 5 | The restoration enables visitors to see it as it would have been in use in good running order but not ‘ as new ’ . |
| 6 | The second one shows it in the condition in which her parents found it when they went in there on that morning a few days ago ’ ( p. 156–7 ) . |
| 7 | The trouble is , once one article said it , then other articles copied it because it made a good story . |
| 8 | I had the balls to do it because I did n't know any better . |
| 9 | But that , in turn , owed as much to the readiness of the Spanish conservative classes to believe it as it did to Franco 's skill in propagating it . |
| 10 | Donna came out into the arrivals concourse at Heathrow wearing Day-Glo cycling shorts , a shiny purple baseball cap and a big T-shirt emblazoned with the words KEYCUTTERS DO IT WHILE YOU WAIT . |
| 11 | But I mean the chap was quite within his rights to shoot it cos it 's been scaring his sheep . |
| 12 | ‘ All those potential young customers read it as they are told to queue by the very teachers who have been engaged in the battle against them smoking . |
| 13 | Then you know if you 've got to do it they 're not going to actually give you any more resources to do it because you ca n't say no . |
| 14 | For him , compensation lay in taking control over the entire , vast dramatic output of the BBC , with almost unlimited executive powers to restructure it as he saw fit . |
| 15 | Nine hundred and sixty seven words that takes about five or six minutes to read it if I can read it in this light . |
| 16 | Most comfort eaters enjoy it while they 're eating , but the downside is they soon start to pile on the pounds . |
| 17 | Were members to pass it as it stood , this would be an arrogant move indeed : they would be considering themselves to be more sensible than people outside . |
| 18 | The night before his ship sailed , Jussieu left all his material in the care of a servant with strict instructions to guard it because it was of great value . |
| 19 | Sanctions kept it where it is . |
| 20 | ‘ The Whips love it because it means they can have power over the Backbenchers , but as a system of organising the world it 's lunacy . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , so old Wilson used to tell us that lots of men opposed it because they felt it would lead to women in trousers sitting in pubs drinking pints of bitter . |
| 22 | We ran short of numbers to do it if you like , from seven thirty to twelve initially , in terms of the original count and the original people when they 'd finished their count . |
| 23 | Children love it because it 's easy to eat there are no bones . |
| 24 | There was no short cut : farming was an art and few men had it unless they 'd come by it the hard way . |
| 25 | She 'd lick her finger and thumb , pounce calmly , then roll the flea for a few seconds to stun it before she cracked it between her thumb nails . |
| 26 | Use pins to secure it if you need to . |
| 27 | Now a lot of asthmatics get it when they 're fairly young . |
| 28 | New Democrats dislike it because it is a substitute for painful spending cuts , old Democrats because it is inherently regressive . |
| 29 | Sons carried this legal responsibility throughout their lives ; daughters relinquished it when they married . |