Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If ‘ knowledge is power ’ then there is a danger that the system will lose much of its power if it loses control of information about itself . |
| 32 | THE publisher 's comment on this book compares it with The Organisation Man and Future Shock , claiming that once in a while a book so accurately captures ‘ … the essence of its time that it becomes the spokesman for that decade ’ . |
| 33 | Little red boots , quite shiny , flickered under the hem of its cassock as it moved . |
| 34 | So she lay still , prone , trying to catch the sound of her breathing before it escaped and gave the game away . |
| 35 | She leapt towards him and , seizing the plate of biscuits , brought it down on top of her head until it shattered , and fell onto her arms . |
| 36 | He would want to know the ins and outs of it , to seek out the deep dark passages of her mind , the intricacies of her life as it had been before . |
| 37 | Her approach to academic seminars would seem to confirm some of the claims that she was totally out of her depth when it came to discussing the new discoveries which she had allegedly made . |
| 38 | It was none of her business and it mattered to her not one iota . |
| 39 | She saw herself , her head a foam of lacy white like the shining tumbleweed caught in the evening light as it floats through the air , handed on to the bar stool , her little feet — her good point — showing beneath the hem of her skirt where it rode up as she adjusted herself . |
| 40 | The ears are thickened , they 're cracking , they 're bleeding , they itch and they hurt ; she almost scratched a hole on the outside of her ear because it hurt so much . |
| 41 | It had been a mere moment of whiteness seen out of the corner of her eye but it had not moved purposefully like a horse does with a rider . |
| 42 | She was about to reach for her drink when she caught sight of the car out of the corner of her eye as it pulled up on the opposite side of the road — a white BMW , identical to the one her uncle had . |
| 43 | He caught hold of her hand as it went up once more to her headscarf , and he held it tight against his side . |
| 44 | With his free hand he pulled at the cheap cloth of her blouse until it slipped from her shoulders and bared her breasts . |
| 45 | Huy felt he could get drunk on the smell of Taheb , sinking his lips into the base of her neck where it joined the shoulder . |
| 46 | Cheryl stepped forward to deliver another blow — just in time to catch the dead body of her husband as it fell from the locker . |
| 47 | She found herself savouring almost frantically the strangeness , the rightness of it all , felt the silent , urgent clamour of her body as it pressed against his , wanting more — always more … |
| 48 | The Second Fairy brings Grace and dances slightly faster in such a way that she shows off the lines of her body as it faces forwards and then backwards ( the traditional gesture ) . |
| 49 | KITS needed much more of her attention than it had been getting recently , and was now in a disturbing financial position : it did n't look as if the company would make a profit in 1966 . |
| 50 | Putting names to faces : You may wish to be able to look at someone and think instantly of his name because it makes social life so much easier ; or you may wish to improve your chances of impressing a business acquaintance ( and possibly making a deal as a result ) . |
| 51 | Afterwards , she lay naked , warm and quiescent in the curve of his arm , listening to his laboured breathing , feeling the fast , steady beat of his heart as it thundered against her cheek , knowing that it could never have been so good , so satisfying for both of them if she had n't loved him . |
| 52 | He was right to be prouder of his divertissement La chasse du cerf than of anything he had written previously , for he was somewhat out of his depth when it came to setting dramatic texts . |
| 53 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
| 54 | In addition to these requirements a responsible person may be required to keep the supervisor informed of his address if it differs from the child 's ( para 3(3) ) . |
| 55 | It 's also the fact that I know for a fact , I know for a fact that she 's very frightened of his temper when it happens . |
| 56 | Luke was ruthlessly dismissive , utterly without conscience , and she could welcome this further evidence of his hypocrisy because it reinforced resistance . |
| 57 | Lightly I brought the .38 down on the knuckles of his hand as it rested on a table . |
| 58 | Richard touched his finger reflexively to a light dressing on the left side of his neck where it met the collarbone . |
| 59 | I watched the light of his lantern until it disappeared . |
| 60 | His voice was harsh and nasal , as if it had had to fight a stiff battle around the bridge of his nose before it had been able to emerge at all . |