Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [conj] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Within days I had changed my mind and it seemed that the only sensible form of transport would be a Sherman tank . |
2 | The dried blood from my nose was smeared all over the front of my mouth and it cracked when I tried to move my lips . |
3 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |
4 | It was the very same story the time oor Isa sent for the stilettos very much against my advice as it happens but they were supposed to be real made-in-England leather uppers available in three colourways , aubergine , aqua or avocado well , as she said herself she was expecting green but nothing quite as Irish as they turned out in fact to be . |
5 | Other hands tightened my blindfold until it hurt and started fitting a cloth over my mouth . |
6 | She dressed in black trousers and a white blouse with long full sleeves , brushed her hair till it shone and twisted it into a tight knot on top of her head , thinking with satisfaction that Roman would n't like it but she was n't about to let him dictate how she wore her hair , or dressed . |
7 | So she lay still , prone , trying to catch the sound of her breathing before it escaped and gave the game away . |
8 | I was one of her daisies and it meant that we had all these hats on , which were very unattractive — a rubber hat and on top was the daisy , so when you swam around and the people looked down at you , they just saw these daisies . |
9 | So we can often distinguish between people who live their life as it happens and those who run their lives . |
10 | During the final confrontation , the comedy reaches its height as it emerges that , owing to a design oversight , ED 209 can not negotiate stairs . |
11 | A bib had been tied around Bissell 's neck to collect the raw , liquid plaster which oozed from his mouth where it congealed and hardened . |
12 | I should do really got a clot in one of his legs as it means and went down the other one and got ta take it out , through smoking |
13 | He looked tired and drawn , and for a moment , she told herself there was a look of pleasure in his eyes before it vanished and he reached out to prevent the door closing . |
14 | Shaw said : ‘ It 's difficult to work out his programme but it seems that he analysed his subjects and classified their attributes , their doings , and the major events in their lives by coded numbers . |
15 | He still looked a bit dubious and David said , ‘ One thing you can tell Len , something I forgot , was that I made enquiries today about his parrot and it appears that if he does go to Conway House he 'll be able to take the parrot with him . |
16 | Another landed on his cheek where it sizzled and went out . |
17 | The injury is half way down his off-fore and it looks as though he will be out for the rest of the season . |
18 | His hat was stuck on top of his head but it looked as though it would blow off at any minute . |
19 | ‘ He was n't keen to put his head where it hurts and that does n't go down well here . |
20 | H's purpose , however , was to punish the tenant for having given evidence ( under subpoena ) in an action brought against him by another of his tenants and it followed that the landlord was guilty of a criminal contempt of court . |
21 | The sound of his breath as it sawed and whistled in his throat mingled with the rush and whicker of wind among the trees . |
22 | and I said then on the , on the Saturday his leg , his wound , he come out of intensive care on the Wednesday and on the Saturday his , his dressing had n't been changed on his leg and it reeked and I said can we actually please have a clean dressing for my dad 's leg , even if I 've got to put the bugger on myself , that was at quarter past eight |
23 | When he came back he had their passports and documents in his hand and it seemed that he could not get rid of them quickly enough . |
24 | ‘ Final details are still to be agreed , but I took along the usual samples of your work and it looks as though she 'll want to incorporate feature tiles and maybe also a patterned frieze . ’ |
25 | In this — his last — introduction Dicey sought to ‘ compare our constitution as it stood and worked in 1884 with the constitution as it now stands in 1914 ’ His views are illuminating . |
26 | I imagine you stick to your account and it follows that his account is not right . |