Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] it [art] " in BNC.

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1 The approach work is always quite nasty , but once you get into it the experience is very pleasurable .
2 Indeed , the cross was such an enormous stumbling block that we have in it a rather surprising proof of the genuineness of primitive Christianity .
3 However , no sooner had they built such a machine than they recognised in it the inherent dangers of a heartless device capable of original thought .
4 A large hand smacked into his mouth and although he bit at it the thumb was forced like a gag between his teeth .
5 The trouble with the ‘ functional ’ approach , however , is that it carries with it the risk that you will omit general considerations such as overall objectives and strategy .
6 From this awareness of individuation or , to use the Scotist term , haecceitas , came Hopkins 's overriding concern with ‘ inscape ’ in every aspect of the created world : the obsession with the ‘ selfhood ’ of every object or being , at the same time that he perceived behind it the generically divine .
7 Sir : I am sorry that John Torode ( 3 October ) found the Salman Rushdie seminar ‘ dispiriting ’ , and even more sorry that he perceives in it the birth of a ‘ dangerously illiberal orthodoxy ’ .
8 I pierced the mask of the temporal that is a facade made hideous by the graffiti of desires and I saw behind it the real of human beings , that is , a masterpiece on the wheel of Eternity .
9 The way Mr. Mendez decided to go all of a sudden did n't make any sense at all until I thought about it a while .
10 Her tone teasing , she added , ‘ If you went about it the right way I 'm positive you could have her eating out of your hand in no time at all .
11 ‘ She also said if you went about it the right way you could have me eating out of your hand . ’
12 Night fishing can be enjoyable in its own right , even without the added attraction of fishing at the most likely times for fish to feed , but only if you go about it the right way .
13 But squatting itself is not illegal if you go about it the right way .
14 If you think of it the other way when , what happens when a price , when a price falls , alright , if farmers er , assume that price fall will be sustained over a number of periods , then they think , right well in order to achieve the same level of income , right , as I did previously , if prices have fallen , I 'm going to have to increase my output .
15 So if you think about it a therapeutic group could certainly use suggestive therapy like hypnosis and my guess is that most successful groups like Alcoholics Anonymous or groups of people who wan na stop smoking or do slimming and things like that succeed for that reason , cos every member of the group reinforces every other member with a kind of group super ego and says look , you must n't smoke , you must n't drink , you must n't put on weight and it , it reinforces every individual 's erm super ego by means of identification with the shared value of the group and similarly reduces feelings of shame and guilt if the individual fails the group , cos next week when they come back they say oh dear , I 've put on five pounds , erm that they 're gon na feel bad about it because it offends against the ideal of the of the group if it 's Weight Watchers or something .
16 So if the female does n't want it and this one clearly does n't , she just sits down and if she sits on her pseudo-penis , there 's no way the male is ever gon na get into her , but in fact this is true er in , in general terms of er if you think about it a , a female quadrupedal mammal I mean it looks like male domination , the male mounts and it looks as if she has to submit but she does n't .
17 They also like things which are quite so if the activity involving chairing a meeting , doing a role play , doing a presentation although they may be nervous they actually enjoy that , they find they gain a lot from that and they also like activities where to an extent there 's a freedom from constraints , policy structures , they do n't like to feel bound because if you think about it a lot of are actually exploring deep end situations trying new things out , they do n't like to feel that constrained .
18 Of course , if you think about it the consequences of that is these guys die and when they die , those wives that they married as young girls are now middle-aged women or possibly younger , anyway past their youth , but th th they , they may not be .
19 But it 's not easy I mean you know I was reading an article ages ago a few months ago actually and saying you know if you think about it the sort of revolution was over a year ago and still the government has n't done anything about it and I mean like a lot of provisions that have been brought into Romania sort of go in the front door and out of the back door and you know they sort of sent those of supplies like contraceptions and things like that for the women and overlap
20 If you look at it every ten minutes you notice it 's
21 I said well that 's what is , I said if you look at it the depreciation is so heavy compared with the income , and I said and the insurance as well but I said hopefully cos we have n't had any of er any claims at all this year you know , I said I know but all of the insurances of gone up , but I said I 'm hoping that we can sort of get the insurance down if possible so he said , yeah fair enough then .
22 ‘ The racecourse vet wanted to put him down and we thought about it a couple of times .
23 But the picture can be modified if we insert into it the concept of a primeval Natural Man , who lacks the corrupting appurtenances of modern civilization , and is , on that account , closer to Paradise than ourselves .
24 For what is Scotland , after all , if we understand by it the south and east of that country , the clearly predominant power in it , but the northern part of the English Kingdom of Northumbria , with its western extension in formerly Welsh-speaking Strathclyde and its capital in the noble city of Edwin 's Burgh ?
25 And it had on painted hose of black and white , so cunningly painted that no man who saw them would have thought but that they were grieves and cuishes , unless he had laid his hand upon them ; and they put on it a surcoat of green sendal , having his arms blazoned thereon , and a helmet of parchment , which was cunningly painted that every one might have believed it to be iron ; and his shield was hung round his neck , and they placed the sword Tizona in his hand , and they raised his arm , and fastened it up so subtilly that it was a marvel to see how upright he held the sword .
26 For some strange reason the image of the corpse of Nicola Sharpe floated up in his mind , and it brought with it a breath of foreboding , a sense that he was in the presence of evil .
27 The threat of liquidation by " shareholders ' is far more potent than in other forms , and it brings with it the threat that management will have no assets to manage .
28 Because clearly an increase in in in the allocation sends a much stronger signal to potential investors and it carries with it a greater degree of certainty as far as the district council 's concerned , as far as potential investors are concerned .
29 Like the Three Women , Bread and Fruit Dish is a work of extraordinary gravitas ; and it has about it a physicality and a presence seldom associated with ordinary still life .
30 Now the carriage cleaning inspector had a good job if he went about it the proper way .
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