Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] [conj] it [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor do I mean that it bears the imprint of the time when it arose . |
| 2 | Sentence ( 10 ) tells us of a " weakness " of the " heart " , but not until ( 11 ) , where this matter is taken up again in the expression " the poor child was not robust " , do we learn that it provided a reason for the present interview : it was for this reason ( we surmise ) that the Moreens wished to engage a resident tutor . |
| 3 | As he drew near they heard the sickening crack of the rod striking flesh ; once , twice they heard it fall but it brought no anguished shout of pain in response . |
| 4 | It does not make any appreciable difference whether the solid is glassy or crystalline or even polymeric , nor does it matter whether it has a high or a low Young 's modulus 50 long as it more or less obeys Hooke 's law , virtually up to failure . |
| 5 | As a matter of fact I heard it stop when it reached the house . ’ |
| 6 | " Let it snow till it reaches the chimney-pots , " he says to himself . |
| 7 | He coughed and spat some phlegm into the fire , hearing it sizzle as it hit the coals . |
| 8 | Can my right hon. Friend say what is the global worth of the contract , and does he agree that it represents a vote of confidence in British engineering ? |
| 9 | Does he agree that it contains a great many lessons for many people , particularly on the Maxwell scandal ? |
| 10 | Our experience of MCI Communications Corp 's MCI Mail service makes us feel that it has a quite impressively user friendly interface , whereas we find it difficult to believe that British Telecommunications Plc 's Dialcom — or good ol' Telecom Gold — is really quite as user-hostile as it appears , so having hit a snag in MCI and keyed ‘ help ’ at the prompt , and got a couple of screens of useful information ending with two phone numbers and a further option to key at the prompt , we wondered what Gold came up with if you keyed ‘ help ’ — here is the answer — Top-level directory not found or inaccessible . |