Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [coord] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought , and then I happened to go , Jim came to carry the fruit and vegetables for me and when it had opened again , and there was she with this , I looked at Jim and I said ah ! |
| 2 | The kennelman , a small dour wiry figure , would bawl orders after it and when it came loping back within reach , seize it and drag it , claws scraping on the flagstones , back to rejoin the main pack . |
| 3 | Secondly , there is nothing to suggest that using two languages detracts from either one of them or that it produces continued interference . |
| 4 | She says before you were aware of it but until it happens , it really gives you such a jolt . |
| 5 | Another amusing incident to come out of ‘ Space Oddity ’ was when I got a phone call from David one day , who said he had to record an Italian version of the song because two kids in Italy had apparently done a cover version of it and as it looked as if it was going to do quite well , the Italian record company wanted a version by the original artist and said they would send someone along to teach Bowie phonetically how to sing the song . |
| 6 | I wanted as far as possible to forearm the boy at the beginning of adolescence — not ramming a weapon into his hand willy-nilly , but showing him the size and shape of it and where it lies in such a way that he would take it up without realizing he was doing so and find himself using it when he needed to . |
| 7 | Even now , after this short while , she found it hard to remember if Johnny had truly been with her or if it had been only a dream . |
| 8 | I meant to be open with him but when it came to it I beat about the bush . |
| 9 | What the Commission has to do now there is a new article in the Maastricht treaty is to ensure that its practice complies with it and that it does not encourage the drafting of legislation or the working out of projects on matters that can perfectly well be dealt with by member states , or even closer to the citizen , and that applies to English and French cheeses . |
| 10 | The custom of marriage has gained strength , in the sense that more people are entering into it and that it seems to be considered a necessary prelude to having children . |
| 11 | One night he put a Belgian chocolate inside her and as it melted he licked away the cream . |
| 12 | They both insisted that this was very important to them and that it did not detract from their feelings towards their adoptive parents . |
| 13 | I only hope that you will never have to read this letter — not because my life is worth anything to me but because it breaks my heart to think of you alone in a world which I have found to be so harsh and unforgiving . |
| 14 | Being robbed is losing the confident skin you have grown naturally ; it is to know it can happen to you and if it has happened once … |
| 15 | Finally , it is quite in order to conclude with a brief mention of any potentially useful information that is lacking either because it is not available to you or because it has never been collected ( but could be ) . |
| 16 | Jean held up her hand to it and when it made a bright white spot on her palm , she closed her fingers over it and pretended to give it into Donald 's hand , like a delicacy . |
| 17 | ‘ We now have this ludicrous situation where if a fire broke out in one end of a particular street in Prestatyn , Rhyl fire engines will go to it and if it breaks out in the other end of the street Prestatyn will go to it , ’ added Coun Edwards . |
| 18 | Coaxing is another and sycophancy is another — you put your own interpretation on it but if it gets a good show , then it 's all a matter of semantics . |
| 19 | Try her foot on it and if it do n't , if her foot overlaps |
| 20 | If you like something enough you know what you can afford and what you 're willing to pay for it and if it 's priced more then you do n't buy it . |
| 21 | The theory of the new international division of labour has been criticized for its uncompromising condemnation of TNC operations in the Third World , on the grounds that there is not very much that is new about it and that it relies on an empirical base that is far too limited ( see , for example , Cohen , 1987 , ch.7 ; Jenkins , 1984 ; Gordon , 1988 ) . |