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 | Once again my sincere apologies for my absence , as I explained last September , this weekend is my mother 's 80th birthday and it falls to me to host a celebration and to entertain friends and relatives during the weekend . |
| 8 | Patterned sampling erodes the field man 's personal discretion while it offers a more visible index of activity for the organization . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 , . |
| 11 | ( 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 . |
| 12 | I followed the direction of Swire Sugden 's nicotine-stained finger as it prodded at the blueprint . |
| 13 | This was by far London 's worst display and it leaves them rooted at the foot of the European Division with a 1–2 record . |
| 14 | Palmerston wound up the debate with a forthright speech , which hardly seems to justify Scott 's later remark that it contained ‘ a quantity of poor buffoonery which only Lord P. 's age permits ’ . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | He was smoking some of Foley 's black tobacco and it tasted terrible . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Such was Wagner 's first position and it satisfied him , if not his critics , for a decade . |
| 24 | A fire painting by Yves Klein ( lot 65 , est. £50,000–70,000 ) attracted the session 's highest price when it sold to a telephone bidder for £75,000 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Mr Brazauskas , 60 , was head of Lithuania 's Communist Party when it rebelled and split with Moscow in 1989 . |
| 27 | He had hacked at the man 's naked backside until it fell away in bloody pieces ready to be thrown to the dogs . |
| 28 | In the 16th century , when Antwerp had a population of 100,000 , it became the world 's busiest port because it welcomed merchants from England , Germany , Portugal and Spain . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | CDC markets Silicon Graphics Inc 's Mips Technologies RISC-based boxes as its own 4000 InfoServers and 910 workstations and 920 servers — positioned as technical systems — and will take SGI 's newest stuff as it arrives ( UX No 421 ) . |