Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [subord] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Are you trying to make this even more intolerable for me than it already is ? ’ |
| 2 | As I heard more stories about the measuring rod , not just from Alec but from other boys as well , I began to realise that it would be as big a problem for me as it always was for Alec . |
| 3 | I am immensely kindly supported in my lonely periods here by a whole host of interesting and talented friends — nearly all of whom are John 's age or nearer yours as it so happens . |
| 4 | The black cloud fizzed its way towards them until it almost filled the screen . |
| 5 | However , with all these reservations and qualifications noted there is a city called Tyneside and in 1989 North Shields is part of it as it always has been and Cramlington is as it has been since the early 1970s . |
| 6 | He was a dangerous individual , capable of anything if it seriously threatened his position as the leader of Russia . |
| 7 | Fearon looked temporarily nonplussed , then shrugged , tossed the towel back into the bathroom behind him where it presumably landed on the floor and growled , ‘ All right , I 'll show you around . |
| 8 | What sort of feeling will you associate with it when it is–only a memory from the past ? |
| 9 | Nine times out of ten you will not be paid for this advice , but do take the call and deal with it because it rapidly establishes your credibility with the CAB and will prove fruitful in the future . |
| 10 | Lecturing was now easier for him than it once had been — he had , after all , accumulated a great deal of experience — but the readings of his own poetry frequently left him exhausted . |
| 11 | ‘ I know bloody well what I 'm saying , ’ Gregson snapped , ‘ and if it 's any consolation it sounds as crazy to me as it probably does to you . |
| 12 | Dredge tried to hog the credit , but it 's clear to me where it really belongs . |
| 13 | It is only relevant to you if it actually speeds up , improves , or reduces the cost of your computerized personnel information system . |
| 14 | Dean proved to be generally rude and disruptive to his fellow actors , and spent much of his free time in his dressing room , refusing to speak to anyone unless it directly concerned the film . |
| 15 | He tugged and pulled at it until it eventually moved over his nose and ears , causing his hair to spring up in all directions like soft wire . |
| 16 | In summer this was heaven for us because it sometimes took hours to put things right and we would miss a large chunk of lessons . |
| 17 | ‘ It just did n't happen for us as it so ecstatically happened for you ! ’ |
| 18 | They remind us that this is the very beginning of the idea of representing the world about us as it actually appears ; that we must think away our hindsight and remember that these artists could not see the way ahead . |