Example sentences of "[vb -s] it [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He scrapes it round the edge of the light metal ashtray until the tip of the fag is a perfect cone , then smokes it carefully . |
| 2 | The third degree is not felt to be acquired by effort but given by grace , " God gyfes it til wham he wil , bot noght withouten grete grace comand before " ( 8.106.75 – 6 ) . |
| 3 | I mean she loves it with the kids |
| 4 | She loves it to death . |
| 5 | ‘ did use ( or keep ) ’ A person ‘ keeps ’ a vehicle if he causes it to be stationary on a road when not in use . |
| 6 | But if a network has been taught a task , disconnecting its elements causes it to ‘ fantasise ’ , reliving its experiences and churning out results which have the semblance of sense even though its circuits have been scrambled . |
| 7 | For example , a conglomerate in receipt of inside information from an issuer of publicly traded securities may find itself in a position where actual compliance with its disclosure obligations to its retail customers ( ie. , those who wish to buy shares ) in accordance with the equitable principle of undivided loyalty causes it to be liable in an action for breach of confidence to its corporate clients , and guilty of tipping in violation of anti-insider dealing laws . |
| 8 | The official receiver notifies the Chief Land Registrar , gazettes the order and causes it to be advertised in such local newspaper as he thinks fit ( r 6.46(2) ) . |
| 9 | Radon occurs naturally in rocks such as granite , and can move readily through porous rock and soil and can seep into buildings causing dangerous concentrations to accumulate ( inhaling radon causes it to be deposited in the lungs so increasing the risks of lung cancer ) . |
| 10 | Submission of the SSR causes it to be distributed to all : |
| 11 | ‘ I would like to think that Sparky still has it as his major ambition to play here and not for any other club . ’ |
| 12 | The alternative version has it as a description of the style of the painting ( and it makes no difference here whether the recumbent posture belongs to the living sitter or to the image in the finished picture ) . |
| 13 | well no she has it as a toy room do n't she ? |
| 14 | She nearly has it off your plate . |
| 15 | ‘ You do n't see a carpenter saying he wo n't build a house because he does n't like what 's next door and he 's going to wait until there 's a house with 8.3 rooms and the sun has it at a certain angle and then he 'll pound his nails and he wants billing above the plumber . ’ |
| 16 | If a child has it for the first ten years hardly anything else matters . |
| 17 | He has it for so long . |
| 18 | Well yeah she has it with it 's five fifty nine a bottle . |
| 19 | Of course , in practice , things are more complicated , as the Moroccan Swasa saying has it on brothers running a grocer shop : |
| 20 | Stonehenge still has a very special air in spite of the official attempts to destroy the place ; York Minster has it , and Chartres has it to an incredible extent . |
| 21 | Yes , but can that just be the income , or has it to be the whole capital ? |
| 22 | I think believe your your title has changed slightly has it from women 's support group to the quarry men 's support group ? |
| 23 | Well there 's nobody in this school has it like Polly did . |
| 24 | I sometimes worried that he did n't have enough time to see his own music but it seems he has it by memory . |
| 25 | ‘ Shut the window , please ’ is said in a situation where the speaker rather expects the hearer to act so as to fulfil a certain sort of wish of his , if he indicates that he has it by an imperative sentence . |
| 26 | R v Stanley ; CA ( Crim Div ) ( Bingham LJ , Ognall , McKinnon JJ ) ; 2 Oct 1989 Where a judge has it in mind to make a compensation order but the possibility has not been raised by counsel , it is the judge 's duty to raise the matter of his own motion so that it may be properly and fairly ventilated . |
| 27 | Mr Jeffrey Bayes , a solicitor , specialising in criminal law , commented : ‘ It is obvious that the judge has it in mind to stamp out acid house parties right now . ’ |
| 28 | Prime Minister has it in mind to recommend to Your Majesty the appointment of Fotherington-Smythe to be Lord Lieutenant of Borsetshire . ’ |
| 29 | Having won already this season on the main tour ( as well as a senior event in Japan ) , he believes he has it in him to do so again , though not to wipe the slate clean after his defeat in a play-off against Nick Faldo in 1990 . |
| 30 | Heaven knows whether he has it in him to take on the legacy of Melvyn Bragg in the 21st century , but he will give Artrageous ! the hip image a youth-oriented arts programme needs to convey . |