Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It represents their reality in terms of which they structure their actions . |
| 32 | You can put them on the and now it stings my hand cos I cos |
| 33 | once you get a bad habit and it slows your writing down as well |
| 34 | It involves their witness through both works and words , without any programme . |
| 35 | It involves our knowledge of the world as well , and if the story had gone |
| 36 | Eventually , it drives its load forward . |
| 37 | It drives my wife crazy , but I love doing nothing . |
| 38 | It constitutes your attempt to explore your writer-self , to find out its needs , its insecurities and its strengths . |
| 39 | The most I have played at one time is probably seven hours and it becomes agonising , it tightens your arm up terribly . ’ |
| 40 | Erm , it 's er it tightens your neck muscles . |
| 41 | I know it 's not his car 's number plate , or not the car he usually travels in , but ask if it fits his birthday in any way , or his phone number , or anything at all they can think of . |
| 42 | ‘ I 'll lend you this , Mary , if it fits your finger . ’ |
| 43 | The basic idea is that the quicker it produces its report the better . |
| 44 | The only time it hurts is when it nips your skin ! |
| 45 | It builds its nest entirely from air-borne material such as cotton , plant fibres , hairs and feathers . |
| 46 | Watch your spider as it builds its web . |
| 47 | Erm if we see you know , if we see somebody walking down a walkway , and he 's got a stereo in his arm , arms should I say , and he puts it into a car then obviously it a it arouses our suspicion , we 'll take a quick note of the car 's registration number , and we 'll pass the relevant information through to Police Station . |
| 48 | Remember here that some people do not like seeing you write down their words for it interrupts their flow of thought . |
| 49 | It accepts its responsibility . |
| 50 | The more History attempts to transcend its own rootedness in historicity , and the greater the efforts it makes to attain , beyond the historical relativity of its origin and its choices , the sphere of universality , the more clearly it bears the marks of its historical birth , and the more evidently there appears through it the history of which it is itself a part … inversely , the more it accepts its relativity , and the more deeply it sinks into the movement it shares with what it is recounting , then the more it tends to the slenderness of the narrative , and all the positive content it obtained for itself through the human sciences is dissipated . |
| 51 | In particular , it accepts his claim that comprehension is both an integrative and a constructive process . |
| 52 | It saps our strength and hurts our faith in our society , and in our future together … |
| 53 | But , he said , its new management is going all out to ensure that it becomes more efficient cost-wise , that it focusses its research more effectively , and that it becomes more market-led . |
| 54 | Though apparently free , it needs its controller ; but the controller must release it to the natural powers , the wind and the air-thermals , if he wants to enjoy its flights . |
| 55 | It has called for a global convention outlawing all toxic waste trade schemes — and it needs your support . |
| 56 | And as an employer , manager or foreman , it needs your nod to allow someone like Karen to take time off to reach the high standards required . |
| 57 | So in general consumers should welcome new entrants to the credit market , not just because it widens their choice , but because it should tend to lower the cost of credit by sharpening competition . |
| 58 | One of the teachers , Jen Tirebuck , said : ‘ It develops their curiosity about science and encourages them to raise questions and seek their own answers . ’ |
| 59 | It is more than this , it develops his mind , his emotion , and it helps him to express his feelings . |
| 60 | It owes its success entirely to recommendations from one reader to another . |