Example sentences of "[noun] [unc] [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The flies lay their eggs mostly on the hairs of the horse 's legs , where they hatch and enter the horse 's mouth when it scratches itself . |
| 2 | It was when he had pictured Morpurgo in his mind 's eye that it had occurred to him : such a trivial matter , yet nonetheless not right , not right at all — surely he must be mistaken . |
| 3 | The sole justification for Mustakimzade 's argument as it stands appears to be that Taskopruzade does not in fact use either the term as in the case of Molla Fenari , or simply the term mufti , as in the case of Fahreddin Acemi , saying rather that " the headship of teaching and of fetva and the office of the kadilik fell ultimately to [ Molla Yegan ] alter Molla Shams al-Din al-Fenari " . |
| 4 | The other interesting news was Norsk Hydro 's announcement that it planned to buy DnC 's 9 per cent stake in Saga Petroleum . |
| 5 | A robotic dispenser arm was whirring nervously and jabbing into Bernice 's neck as it tried to locate an item that was n't there from a shelf that had been removed . |
| 6 | But the artistic world is London Underground 's oyster when it comes to the fine art posters which , since the scheme started in 1986 , have been scattered amongst less erudite advertisements on station walls . |
| 7 | and then on top of that he took the battery off Pat 's car and it fell over in the front so all the acid burnt the carpet ! |
| 8 | The new agreement means that wines and spirits will now be a significant part of PTGI 's portfolio and it offers excellent potential for future growth as tourism develops in Bali , Lombok and Indonesia 's other tourist destinations . |
| 9 | The relatively well off , the ‘ best people ’ of the provinces , therefore , welcomed Ivan 's proposal and it appears to have been widely implemented . |
| 10 | She flinched at the outraged disbelief in Barney 's expression and it took some courage to say what she had to say . |
| 11 | The report 's recommendations are in line with the Industry 's argument that it does not make economic sense to close Britain 's nuclear power plants early and that it is far cheaper to run the stations than to close them . |
| 12 | There was coppa , made from the muscular part of the pig 's neck where it meets the shoulder , and prosciutto , Parma ham , which comes from the same part of the pig as English gammon , and is cured in specially air-cooled rooms up in the foothills of the Apennines above Parma . |
| 13 | Marcos loyalists now poke fun at the Aquino administration 's boast that it has built a new stability , arguing it is pretty fragile if it wo n't allow a dead man home for burial . |
| 14 | This may be called the " ambulance effect " because its most familiar manifestation is the sudden drop in pitch of an ambulance 's siren as it speeds past the listener . |
| 15 | But in December 1985 United States ’ officials indicated that they could accept a United Nations ' agreement if it led to a ‘ comprehensive and just settlement ’ , involving a short time frame for Soviet withdrawal and self-determination . |
| 16 | And last January saw the collapse of New Zealander Allen Hawkins ' Equiticorp after it had bought Britain 's GPG , parent of venerable institutions including Guinness Peat and Guinness Mahon . |
| 17 | If it picks an insider or a retiree , then we will all be back to writing the company 's obituary in three months ' time so it has to be an outsider , and one name canvassed that should be crossed off the list at once is that of ‘ Neutron ’ Jack Welch , boss of General Electric Co — not because he does n't have the capability but because he does not have a background in the computer industry . |
| 18 | Dans le labyrinthe ( 1959 ) was the first of Robbe-Grillet 's novels not to have a tangible focalization , unless we accept Morrissette 's interpretation that it dramatizes the attempts of a delirious narrator to construct a text from objects around him . |
| 19 | It 's more of an English tweed suit of a butterfly than a Sultan 's robe but it has its own uniqueness and beauty . |
| 20 | Afterwards he stood there beside the wall , staring at Sung 's body where it lay , face down on the edge of the field of water-chestnuts . |
| 21 | Zhukov 's display of loyalty did not soften Party thinking on the subject , and the Chief Political Directorate ( the political arm of the Armed Forces ) stood its ground with greater determination after Zhukov 's intervention than it had before . |
| 22 | ‘ I see no prospect of improvement in the North 's economy and it seems ridiculous to talk about an upturn . |
| 23 | I tried to remember what my sister Mary had said about ignoring old wives ' tales and I tried to put them from my mind , but after that I often caught myself glancing at Granny 's picture and it seemed to me that her black eyes came alive and followed me round the room . |
| 24 | Indeed , the companies have been at pains to demonstrate the technology 's feasibility : the CeBit show saw a demonstration of isoEnet in action on NatSemi 's stand and it has published a White Paper on it . |
| 25 | Hanson yesterday began the break-up of the Consolidated Gold Field 's empire when it sold ARC Construction to its management for £6.3million . |
| 26 | Think it was with a bit of Ellie 's assistance that it got made like that . |
| 27 | For one crazy , idiotic moment , Leith thought Naylor might have disposed of Sebastian 's deerstalker because it caused him some small degree of jealousy to see another man 's hat in her home . |
| 28 | Hunt told Hall 's Committee that it occupied seventeen different buildings of which seven were requisitioned during the war . |
| 29 | Well erm I think so , I mean they had a great side under Bill Beaumont 's leadership and it 's been promising for a couple of years with England , and today they actually came through with the goods erm a bit of an anti-climax last year at erm at Murrayfield . |
| 30 | IBM 's announcement that it expects to slash its workforce this year by more than the 25,000 first planned will not affect its European operations , said a spokesman at the company 's Greenock plant . |