Example sentences of "[unc] [adj] [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could n't give him cover because the see shield is is quite a heavy cumbers cumbersome thing and it has two handles behind it erm and they are obviously the means of holding it up and f for directing it wherever you want so I 'm holding this all the time so he ca n't pass his weapon to me and he ca n't put his weapon in my holster because my gun was in the holster . |
| 2 | Perhaps in closing erm I would just er repeat with your permission Ma'am er a piece from your nineteen ninety er presidential address and it says , as yachtsmen we must care for the environment , it is fair to say that most do but images are created by the bad news . |
| 3 | CONSULTATION IS NOT THE BMC 'S STRONG POINT WHEN IT COMES TO MOUNTAIN TRAINING , ACCORDING TO PETE LIVESEY . |
| 4 | THE CHEER that greeted John Lloyd 's seven-foot putt as it dropped into the 18th hole at Deal signalled Tonbridge 's second Halford Hewitt Cup victory in two years . |
| 5 | Do not fall , either , for the argument that America must have the oil underneath the refuge to reduce its dependence on foreign oil — at a time when , despite the greenhouse effect , the American government has all but abandoned incentives for energy efficiency and has repeatedly bowed to Detroit 's absurd demand that it relax its drive for fuel-efficient car engines . |
| 6 | I thought that they were cribbing up last night 's French homework but it turns out that they were playing a game called ‘ Ouija ’ . |
| 7 | Patterned sampling erodes the field man 's personal discretion while it offers a more visible index of activity for the organization . |
| 8 | The ten-point margin reflected the Police 's overall superiority and it gave them a deserved triumph in only their second appearance in the final . |
| 9 | Even more colourful was the statement in the City Corporation 's Annual Report that it had to be demolished ‘ due to corrosion by fish juices , . |
| 10 | ( a ) The welfare principle Under s1(1) of the Act the child 's welfare must be the court 's paramount consideration when it determines any question relating to a child 's upbringing . |
| 11 | I followed the direction of Swire Sugden 's nicotine-stained finger as it prodded at the blueprint . |
| 12 | It is with this startling new perspective in mind that we view the eukaryotic cell 's rapid multiplication as it spread throughout the world 's oceans , finally replacing all the free-floating molecule strands that preceded it . |
| 13 | Or was it the heavy rain slapping against the windows , the wind 's eerie message as it whistled down the chimney and flickered at the flames that had begun to lick about the new-laid logs ? |
| 14 | He was smoking some of Foley 's black tobacco and it tasted terrible . |
| 15 | Consequently , conversation analysis limits the external analyst 's interpretational leeway because it relates his or her interpretations back to the members ' mutual understanding of their utterances as manifest in their behaviour . |
| 16 | Dry weight is usually the biologist 's preferred measure as it avoids the effect of short-term fluctuations in water content and gives a good indication of the quantity of energy fixed . |
| 17 | It emerged yesterday that one of the two private consortia negotiating to build the line with British Rail had rejected BR 's preferred route because it said it could cost up to £5bn . |
| 18 | The figures are part of Barratt 's continuing recovery since it chalked up losses of £106 million for 1990-91 , but the stock market was unimpressed and the shares slipped 3p to 133p . |
| 19 | But Hambleton District Council opposes the move as the property lies in the heart of the town 's industrial estate and it says it is noisy and unsuitable for the old . |
| 20 | But outside the house on this Sunday morning the usual gossip was forgotten , for Max Klein 's new motor-car was parked at the Rabbi 's front door and it seemed that half the community had gathered to wonder at it . |
| 21 | Mr Brazauskas , 60 , was head of Lithuania 's Communist Party when it rebelled and split with Moscow in 1989 . |
| 22 | He had hacked at the man 's naked backside until it fell away in bloody pieces ready to be thrown to the dogs . |
| 23 | If such measures lead to replacement of all today 's inefficient equipment as it wears out by the most efficient equipment now on the market , Sweden will need only 111 TWh of electricity in 2010 , rather than 140 TWh . |
| 24 | an update on the firm 's financial strategy if it has changed |
| 25 | Antibodies are made by the body 's immune system when it comes into contact with organisms ( ‘ germs ’ ) such as a virus . |
| 26 | She was aware of David 's admiring gaze as it travelled over her slim body , her firm breasts and shapely hips , and she was afraid to look at him . |
| 27 | THE Court of Appeal has the power to increase Dr Courtney 's seven-year sentence if it feels the term imposed at the Old Bailey is ‘ unduly lenient ’ . |
| 28 | Some of us went along and parked at Welshpool Station and took a look at the narrow-gauge line 's original terminus where it connected with the Cambrian Line . |
| 29 | New proteins are now synthesized which provide the muscle 's contractile machinery and it becomes organized in the cell into a highly ordered array of filaments which gives muscle its striated appearance . |
| 30 | The Iraqi jet was shot down inside a United Nations ' no-fly zone after it turned to challenge an American F-16 pilot . |