Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he scrapes it closed , and comes back . |
| 2 | Then , as M. Dupin stresses more than once in his book , all types of genuine Gruyère cheese should be cut into little pieces for cooking , never on any account grated , a procedure which causes it to form sticky masses rather than the long creamy threads which constitute one of its essential characteristics — a characteristic considered especially important when it comes to the soupe au fromage of the eastern French provinces , that same soup which , transmogrified into the onion soup of the Paris all-night bistros , has now found its way into packets labelled la soupe au fromage instantanée . |
| 3 | a spark jumps out of an ordinary household fire and causes it to spread . |
| 4 | The earth is trying to move on a straight line through space-time , but the curvature of space-time produced by the mass of the sun causes it to go in a circle around the sun . |
| 5 | So what drives the premium , what causes it to go up ? |
| 6 | He causes it to cease . |
| 7 | What causes it to fall ? |
| 8 | To understand an ulcer and be able to treat it , we must understand that it does not just appear ; something causes it to develop . |
| 9 | PI KI SKAB WE The parasite that afflicts man and Tig Gag in its various larval stages and , while burrowing in the brain of the Tig Gag , causes it to speak like a man |
| 10 | The sudden movement of a frightened myotonic goat trying to flee triggers a rapid stiffening of limbs , back and neck that either leaves the creature unable to move or causes it to topple over , legs rigid and outstretched . |
| 11 | Colic is a sharp pain in the stomach or intestines of a baby , that causes it to cry uncontrollably . |
| 12 | What causes it to rise ? |
| 13 | On microtine molars , the damage to the enamel again extends along the salient angles ( Fig. 3.20 A ) , but there is considerable digestion of the dentine which undermines the enamel shell and causes it to collapse inwards ( Fig. 3.20 B ) along the length of the salient angles . |
| 14 | The core grows massively dense and gravity causes it to collapse in on itself at 25 per cent the speed of light . |
| 15 | Along zones of plate convergence , especially where these occur along the margins — of continents ( such as along the west coast of South America ) , buckling of the oceanic lithosphere causes it to founder and sink into the underlying asthenosphere , thereby forming a subduction zone . |
| 16 | For example , blowing on the breast feathers of a bird of prey causes it to stretch its wings out . |
| 17 | What 's that thing , something you do that causes it to get chopped off ? |
| 18 | It 's what triggers it and what causes it to keep triggering and moving that and |
| 19 | The resulting reduction in pressure , or decompression , experienced by this material causes it to melt . |
| 20 | The action of the water on the sides and base of the volcano causes it to erupt . |
| 21 | Has it gone forever ? |
| 22 | After a few rubs , you then take the hand away , look at it and say ‘ Has it gone yet ? ’ |
| 23 | Has it gone off to look for Buck ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Has it gone ? ’ asked Fagin . |
| 25 | The lump in the throat — where has it gone ? |
| 26 | Has it gone now ? |
| 27 | Has it gone to specifically to the address of the commissioners ? |
| 28 | Has it gone off now , lights gone off ? |
| 29 | Well why has it gone down ? |
| 30 | Has it gone up that much ? |