Example sentences of "the river [noun prp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boat was mooring up on the River Severn when it rolled over , trapping two of them underwater . |
| 2 | The crime for which Jean Campbell was charged was one of wilful murder of her own three-year old child by throwing it over the Old Bridge in Glasgow into the River Clyde where it drowned . |
| 3 | These six streets formed almost a straight line , but from the medieval stone bridge , still having the old ford on the Fisherton side , the road curved to the Iron Bridge which crossed one of the branches of the River Avon as it flowed out from Water Lane . |
| 4 | But before that , to the north , numerous small rivers and tributaries — including the likes of the Bruar Water , the Banvie , the Tilt and the Fender Burn have all fattened the River Garry before it feeds into the Tummel and on down into the Tay . |
| 5 | Newcastle Emlyn Castle was built in approximately 1240 within a loop on the River Teifi and it saw action in 1648 when it was blown up by Cromwell 's men . |
| 6 | on delivery from BREL York to Ilford , new class 321 emu No 321334 is reflected in the waters of the River Ouse as it passes Offord Cluney , near Huntingdon , on 31 March 1989 . |
| 7 | Combwich ( pronounced ‘ Cumidge ’ ) is a quiet , picturesque community clustered round a bend in the River Parrett as it meanders on its way from the sea to Bridgwater Docks . |
| 8 | The way goes on to cross the B1152 and follow the River Thurne until it goes past Acle and on to Halvergate Marshes . |
| 9 | Riverside conditions such as that , must have continued to exist for a very long time , for when the Romans arrived and established — about A.D.47 — a settlement astride the River Fleet where it ran into the north bank of the River Thames , the River Fleet was about two hundred yards wide at that junction . |