Example sentences of "[vb pp] [prep] [noun pl] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would the idyll she had dreamed of be there again , not smashed to pieces as it seemed to be ? |
| 2 | Ahead of her the canal turned in a broad left-hand sweep , its line dominated by trees until it disappeared beneath the parapet of a bridge . |
| 3 | The parade ground was surrounded by trees and it had rained in the night ; the cobbles under our feet were wet and puddled . |
| 4 | Obvious because it stares you in the face as you walk in to the corrie , and also because you can see that the icicle has n't quite formed despite rumours that it does . |
| 5 | She was polite about the leeks and lumpy cheese and said a similar thing could be done with endives and it looked at first as if the lunch was going to prove a slightly awkward affair . |
| 6 | Although ( until its last days ) all votes in both houses of the Supreme Soviet were unanimously in favour of government proposals , both specific and general policy criticisms were made in speeches and it seems certain that these were sometimes seriously considered by party and government in formulating future policy . |
| 7 | The 2–8–0 is seen at Shireoaks as it takes the line to Shirebrook , heading back to its Buttlerley base . |
| 8 | The establishment of reserves to protect wildlife was accepted by hunters when it became clear that some species would soon be wiped out altogether . |
| 9 | Although the area is infrequently visited by walkers and it has a unique cultural heritage and offers those who do visit something special . |
| 10 | Gunpowder is not used in rifles because it produces smoke an leaves a residue in the barrel . |
| 11 | War with England ( 1796–1802 ) was a sheer disaster , revealing all the inherent weaknesses of Spain 's position in the American market ; American ports were opened to neutrals when it became evident that Spain could no longer supply her colonies . |
| 12 | It reflects the clarifying of vision that has occurred among Baptists and it reflects a return to its evangelical roots . |
| 13 | Although the term ‘ fungus ’ is often used by fishkeepers and it appears regularly in all the books , it is still in my experience a disease organism that falls fairly low in the ‘ Top Ten ’ fish disease ratings . |
| 14 | ‘ The Political Parties should join with us as Trade Unions in tackling the lethargy shown by employers when it comes to job creation . |
| 15 | The main street , the Decumanus Maximus is bordered by tombs until it reaches the city gate . |
| 16 | Damaged by customs when it arrived in Iran , it has remained unrestored and in storage since the Revolution . |
| 17 | But for the institutions , he said , the initial aim would be to introduce a ten-day , rolling settlement system which could be reduced in stages as it became practical , first to five days and then to three days . |
| 18 | Away from Stroudwater the industry seems rather to have remained in the hands of independent craftsmen : in eight places where cloth was made , the structure of wealth resembled what was commonly found in parts where it had not taken root , with perhaps three of the four £100 men belonging to the gentry . |
| 19 | Appropriate educational material will continue to be co-ordinated , evaluated and distributed to schools as it becomes available . |
| 20 | An alternative view is that s.64 is restricted to explosives because it falls within the part of the Act dealing with explosives . |
| 21 | That is erm you chuck in rock salt when the k kiln is very very hot and then run like blazes cos it sends up hydrochloric acid . |
| 22 | But it is pure silk encrusted with sequins and it did give Yul Brynner a regal air when he wore it in The King And I in 1956 . |
| 23 | Here , Walden Beck drops into a deep stone hollow fringed with trees before it flows downdale to join Bishopdale Beck and finally the river Ure by Adam Bottoms . |
| 24 | Ale was not often kept in barrels cos it did n't keep long enough to want to have enough of it . |
| 25 | A police car was stoned by onlookers as it chased a stolen car which later crashed into a lampost . |
| 26 | WORKERS at a state-run poultry plant near St Petersburg , Russia , are being paid in EGGS because it has run out out of roubles . |