Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Claire bent my toe back and it hurt , she does this . |
| 2 | And I bring my work home cos it 's finished . |
| 3 | I grabbed at my towel just before it slipped . |
| 4 | I wound it around my head so that it covered all but my eyes . |
| 5 | Oh , I 've got it on my walkman now so it does n't make any difference erm occupation . |
| 6 | You see , he was my client , sure , but he was my friend too and it seems right , to me , his wife should be the one to tidy away after him . ’ |
| 7 | It was something that gave me a framework for my experience , and in some ways kind of saved my life really because it gave me words to see that I was n't isolated , that there was a movement — it was very real and it was very gut . |
| 8 | But they put their foot down when it came to maths and they caught me grappling with the colour scheme of a kestrel . |
| 9 | Ruby did not want to , she wanted to talk about her technique even though it had let her down . |
| 10 | Theda stepped back and caught at the back of her hair just as it came tumbling down over her shoulders . |
| 11 | She had changed into a loose gauzy nightdress and released her hair so that it fell , witch-like , over her shoulders . |
| 12 | The tears were moistening her hair so that it clung to her cheeks , and they did n't look like stopping . |
| 13 | It takes aim , compensating for the way that light bends as it passes from water to air and squirts a jet of drops , knocking the insect from its foothold so that it falls into the water and can be eaten . |
| 14 | Her gown looked expensive , Ruth thought , but it would have suited her mistress better than it did its owner . |
| 15 | There was intense poverty in it , especially during some periods , and there were the tensions that were inevitable where the old system of dependence on master or squire had retained its force long after it had lost its relevance and many of its benefits . |
| 16 | His Lordship could not accept that a sensible construction of paragraph 19 involved that , provided only the commercial deputising service was large and efficient enough , the FPC was in practice obliged to give its consent even though it knew that the doctor in question intended to delegate his entire practice to such an organisation . |
| 17 | I I read their Bible once and it said at the beginning , in the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was a god . |
| 18 | And Jay was pacing her attic , bars tightening and cracking around a heart that would not stop hurting ; she could not lay her body down though it screamed for rest and knots of fury made her neck and shoulders a steely hunch like a vulture . |
| 19 | In May , 1991 , the Digital Information Group 's Software Industry Bulletin reported that SelecTronics expects to report a ‘ significant loss ’ for its financial year ended 31 March and that it is restructuring its business so that it manufactures handheld devices only when it has firm orders from its distribution channels . |
| 20 | Maggie would not close her eyes , because that would be cheating , but she shortened her focus so that it rested precisely on the window-panes , and although they were not dirty and the moonbeams seemed to shine straight through them , they were there . |
| 21 | But there will always be a hard core , roaring down a bottomless lane in an A70 pick-up with no piston rings and ninety degrees of play in the steering , white cricket cap pulled down over watering eyes , sheepdog barking its head off as it rushes to and fro in the cargo department . |
| 22 | ‘ But it is such an easy walk on such a cool day , ’ laughed Um Hamed , lifting her veil off her face and adjusting her mask so that it settled properly on her nose . |
| 23 | How one cell orientates itself and produces its spicule so that it fits perfectly into the overall design is totally unknown . |
| 24 | Before the fungus kills the fly , it attacks its nervous system , changing its behaviour so that it climbs to the top of the plant , puts its head down to attach its proboscis to the leaf , and sticks its abdomen up into the air , ready for the passing breezes to take the spores away when they are released . |
| 25 | However , because of the steps involved in bringing Verity Lambert over from ABC , Doctor Who gained its father long before it found its mother . |
| 26 | He watched her hand anxiously as it hovered above the door . |
| 27 | Let it touch the radiator — it wo n't leave its hand there when it discovers it is hot . |
| 28 | The kitten was cradled in her arms and she ran her fingers gently up and down its stomach so that it purred with delight . |
| 29 | There were no landmarks , no features by which they could determine their position even if it had been light enough to see them . |
| 30 | All of the family members should be encouraged to put forward their viewpoint even if it differs from that expressed by others . |