Example sentences of "it [conj] [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people tend to overuse it and/or use it for concepts too complicated for this medium i.e. where a proper report or formal memo or even a meeting would be more appropriate than an e-mail message . |
| 2 | The next stage is to implement it or put it into action . |
| 3 | you lose it or put it beneath glass , |
| 4 | She 'd been reserved in a way which suggested that she might be strong-willed but was making an effort to hide it or keep it in check . |
| 5 | When a number of people have taken that holiday , they may conduct another poll to investigate whether they enjoyed it , and , most important , whether they would repeat it or recommend it to friends . |
| 6 | The HMI document The Curriculum from 5 to 16 suggests that ‘ all that pupils learn should be practical , and therefore relevant , in ways which enable them to build on it or use it for their own purposes in everyday life ’ . |
| 7 | A letter to Dr. Watson from the Sir C.J. Liston Foulis Trust , dated 14th October 1991 states , ‘ Our clients have instructed us not to continue the lease either on short-time or long term basis and therefore the ground with the buildings there-on belongs to our clients outright and the residents of Juniper Green have no right to occupy it or use it for playing tennis or for any other purpose . ’ |
| 8 | The defendant supplied the product otherwise than in the course of a business and the defendant did not produce it ( or own-brand it or import it into the European Community ) with a view to profit . |
| 9 | If you have already developed osteoporosis , they may be able to treat it or refer you to a specialist . |
| 10 | If you have already developed osteoporosis , they may be able to treat it or refer you to a specialist . |
| 11 | If the visitor has such jurisdiction , the court has no power to ignore it or review it by way of mandamus or in any other way . |
| 12 | Johnny Kirk , whose family had been connected with the ‘ mayor-making ’ over the years , said they did not want to make a big production of it or turn it into a tourist attraction ; they wanted to keep it as it was , ‘ a local event for local people ’ . |
| 13 | Alternatively , the exporter could seek a loan against it or negotiate it to another party in settlement of a domestic trade debt . |
| 14 | If you have a good facing brick , it is generally best not to paint it or seal it with any kind of coating . |
| 15 | Candles give a warm glow to the festive arrangements ( but make sure they are far enough from the wallpaper not to scorch it or damage it with hot wax ) . |
| 16 | And they 'll read it from that point of view , and they 'll accept it or reject it on that basis . |
| 17 | You can also , at the touch of a button , double the width and/or length of the pattern , mirror image it or convert it to double jacquard . |
| 18 | Ideally , Praxis would like IBM to adopt the installer , productise it and bundle it with the RS/6000 , though it is ‘ far too early ’ to say whether this might happen , says the firm 's Stephen Robertson . |
| 19 | Expand it and throw it onto the ground on the other side of the wheelbarrow . |
| 20 | The little girl hesitantly offered the bowl to Marion , who for a moment looked as if she would snatch it and throw it at her . |
| 21 | Er I 'd store it and use it with whatever I 'm asked to use it with . |
| 22 | ‘ No , absolutely not , though people can take information from it and use it for that purpose if they 're so minded . |
| 23 | And you 're quite sure that while the car was down in Streatley , the thieves who I 'm after would n't have had a chance to take it and use it for their break-in ? ’ |
| 24 | Young children often play with just one block at a time ; they may stand on it , sit on it and use it in their imaginative play as a parcel , steering wheel or tool . |
| 25 | ‘ If we want a lively and thriving democracy we have to enable people to have information in a way in which they can deal with it and use it in a way which enhances their understanding of the subject . ’ |
| 26 | Indeed , as Amiss saw with fascination , his first act on sitting down to breakfast was to open the tabloid at page three , fold it and prop it against the sugar bowl in such a way that the topless pin-up of the day was there to be looked at every time he got bored with the Telegraph . |
| 27 | I can pick the cigar up just with my eye-power and push it and pull it in the air any way I want ! ’ |
| 28 | ‘ We 'll have to snap him out of it and keep him to the exercises or he 'll ruin himself . ’ |
| 29 | But one tried to put a good face on it and keep them to oneself . |
| 30 | As the recently-formed RAF Museum was still several years away from having its own permanent display building , D'Arcy persuaded the Air Historical Branch to release PA474 to him in order that he could properly restore it and keep it under cover . |