Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun sg] [coord] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | I stab a fork into my fried egg and it bleeds yellow over the bacon . |
| 2 | I was still under the influence of my parents compared to my English counterpart and it was a strict influence . |
| 3 | Anna decided that she must not profit by it in any way and consulted Constanza — she always did : You are my chief heir and it will affect you — Constanza told her to go ahead . |
| 4 | I get a sudden pain in my left eye and it starts streaming . |
| 5 | It has been forwarded from my previous address and it is well out of date . |
| 6 | School spokeswoman Mary Thomas said : ‘ This is the first time we have staged My Fair Lady and it has proved a resounding success . |
| 7 | The rain had smudged my sooty mascara and it was streaked down my cheek . |
| 8 | It was easy to keep promising that some sun and heat would work its usual miracle but it had been a hard , cold winter and almost everyone had suffered from influenza , Mrs Browning worst of all . |
| 9 | It had its posh end and it had its rough end and it had that strange indeterminate bit in the middle that was neither , but had the pretensions and failings of both . |
| 10 | This would not only reduce its political significance but it would allow for yearly increases ( though broadcasters have been quick to point out that the general rate of inflation is below the industry 's rate and so an increase would still leave a shortfall which can only be made up by savings ) . |
| 11 | Oh , it said in yesterday 's paper that someone had had a wheelbarrow valued at thirty pounds stolen from her back garden and it was somewhere at , where the back gardens are n't particularly accessible . |
| 12 | Each proprietary brand of locator has its accompanying transmitter and it must be said that in all four instances these work better if you use the manufacturer 's pairing rather than permutating among the ones available . |
| 13 | She banged on it with her free hand and it was opened by Higgins . |
| 14 | That furthers its cuddly image and it is offensive to no other mammal . |
| 15 | That was how she 'd done it — she 'd touched them with her warm love and it had been too much for the Worm 's heart of hatred . |
| 16 | Evelyn took some of these with her little camera and it were n't very good . |
| 17 | They 're about this big and you squeeze its little paw and it plays a Christmas tune |
| 18 | and you know , I mean I know I 'm a Geordie , Geordies are hard workers , I mean they 're noted for their hard work and it 's , it 's horrible because they 've always , they always suffer |
| 19 | Splashing through the dark flood , I was again throwing myself at the door when a key turned in its great lock and it opened . |
| 20 | It had its posh end and it had its rough end and it had that strange indeterminate bit in the middle that was neither , but had the pretensions and failings of both . |
| 21 | Ultimately , however , the fabric you select for your window treatment should not only complement your chosen style with its visual appearance but it must also suit its purpose . |
| 22 | This tendency is proud and secure in its bureaucratic status and it identifies equality ( antiracism ) with efficiency and good management practice . |
| 23 | ‘ A few months ago she was in her full health and it was you we were worried about , ’ Michael cried . |
| 24 | A good deal of the letter was fantasy on the part of its sixteen-year-old author and it ended with a great flourish of romantic rhetoric . |
| 25 | Her hair was hanging almost to her small waist and it was of a colour she had never seen before , not around these quarters anyway . |
| 26 | Now tt if you look at it this way , le let's suppose that the Communist Party was successful in its military campaign and it , it takes military control of south China , which it was beginning to then , and did up to nineteen forty eight |
| 27 | Some of our members have lost their consolidated rate and it 's now become a bit of a running sore on the pay negotiations from last year , it needs to be sorted out , if confidence is to remain in last year 's pay , pay deal . |
| 28 | It was , of course , hilarious in itself but then I got this bit of smoked salmon ( coloured red of course ! ) and draped it across her upper lip and it looked a bit like a moustache . |
| 29 | Nobody could tell me its correct name and it was known simply by the Greek equivalent of ‘ night-bloom ’ . |
| 30 | Jasper and Jennifer and the dad had their new car and it was coffin car . |