Example sentences of "[noun] [that] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the stranger disappears , but the husband remains , as does the fear that he will do it again . |
| 2 | The skin of an otter , in common with that of all mammals , contains a substance known as L-serine , and fish are so acutely sensitive to this chemical that they can sense it diluted one thousand million times . |
| 3 | A very dense cloud of daphnia will soon dispose of the disease and , what 's more , the fish get so sick of eating the daphnia that they will leave it alone and take flake . |
| 4 | It was a bonus that he could do it by way of Eloise Brückner 's bed . |
| 5 | The court can remit the case back to the sheriff with a direction that he should remit it to the licensing board to reconsider their decision ( R. W. Cairns Ltd. v. Busby East Church Kirk Session , cit. ) or remit the case to the sheriff to proceed as accords ( Collins v. Hamilton District Licensing Board , 1984 S.L.T. 230 ) . |
| 6 | Lets hope that we can keep it up . |
| 7 | Her hope that he would say it was for Berenice 's sake died as soon as it was born . |
| 8 | I preserved the worm in alcohol and despatched it to Dr Herring in the hope that he could identify it ; I 'll be interested to find out exactly what it is . |
| 9 | So , when an orphaned leopard cub was found after her mother had been killed for her skin , the infant was brought to him in the hope that he could rear it . |
| 10 | Do n't try and answer something you do not understand in the hope that you can work it out as you go along . |
| 11 | In my view this book would deprave and corrupt young children and I draw your attention in the sincere hope that you will find it possible to take action against the publishers . |
| 12 | I have appended a small article in the hope that you will find it useful and as a measure of my support for ‘ Observations ’ and I hope it does well . |
| 13 | If one 's position is that one is a literary critic , there can be no reason to wrestle with the text that one may appropriate it . |
| 14 | of course our members er of which we 've got a hundred and twenty three thousand , flood the lines into Luton wanted to know what happens they imagined a surplus as being some pot of er big tub of notes that they can dip it and we can dip into , but of course the surpluses have been used basically by British Telecom in particular for funding early retirement schemes er we 're in no way in knowledge whether the money 's every been paid back . |
| 15 | But he calls it a world , and he 's such a good writer that he can make it seem like one . |
| 16 | Quite clearly , to the shame of local and central government , the homelessness crisis has been allowed to get to such a level that I would describe it as a national disgrace . ’ |
| 17 | B : Well , the milkman has come It is only on the basis of assuming the relevance of B's response that we can understand it as providing a partial answer to A's question . |
| 18 | Her marriage to Archibald earl of Angus — whose name , with unwitting appropriateness , she spelt ‘ Anguisshe ’ — and subsequent divorce , combined with her demands for a place in political life , produced on one occasion the agonized response that she might have it if only she would be ‘ a good Scots woman ’ , and created continuing and profoundly irritating headaches for those who were trying to control Scottish affairs . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been told by my superiors that I could use it in the same way that I would to prosecute anyone found mistreating a dog . |
| 20 | Although revised , in its final form the bill did not assuage White House misgivings that it would make it too easy for plaintiffs to prove discrimination , and would force employers to impose hiring and promotion quotas based on race and sex in order to avoid expensive law suits . |
| 21 | I do n't like it and I told Will that he should reduce it to one act with Hamlet throttling the silly bitch immediately ! |
| 22 | She has always had this dream that I would make it to university and she will be devastated if I do n't continue , but the way I am feeling now , I do n't want to . |
| 23 | but whether we want at the end of it to have another water seminar , looking instead of extraction side but what the water companies are doing with our rivers it might not be a bad idea as part of er producing a considered view later on in the year but I do n't , I do n't think we can hurry this as there 's a lot of lessons to be learnt and I I do n't think we should do the work in the Fire and Public Protection Committee erm in getting our erm eyes taken off the dealing with the actual problem at the moment , we want to look , step , step back and say well what what was the cause of all that , but I do support erm proposal that we should have it listed as er |
| 24 | See all the houses on your shortlist first , consider them all carefully , go through the checklist again , and then if one of them seems suitable and you feel in your bones that you would like it , then make a further appointment to view it again . |
| 25 | There was little likelihood that he would believe it , and , anyway Huy himself was not about to trust the Medjay completely . |
| 26 | We 've made it , so we 're showing other blacks that they can make it as well . |
| 27 | There was always the danger that he might mention it to his father — and that was bound to lead to more trouble . |
| 28 | He fed her this first taste of himself in absolute confidence that she would accept it , and an anguished sound came from deep in Maria 's throat as she accommodated him , mindlessly obedient to the command of his mouth . |
| 29 | On 2 May 1839 Prince wrote to Gould in Australia warning him of Swainson 's impending visit : ‘ Mr. Yarrell has just called and requested me to tell you that Mr Swainson is going to Australia whether to collect or to settle is not known at present but he considered it of importance that you should know it as quickly as possible not that either he or I think it can in any way affect you as you have so good a start and his wonted and well known irregularity of publication will surely militate against him . ’ |
| 30 | She looked away and Trent thought for a moment that she would leave it alone , but then she looked back and asked quickly , to get it out , ‘ Did your mother leave him for your father ? ’ |