Example sentences of "of [pron] [adv] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some movement , the barely audible sound of a door opening and closing , then the monkey 's body clock got the better of it again and it fell asleep . |
| 2 | What they do not see , of course , are the tears at the sheer frustration of it all when it hits home at two in the morning . |
| 3 | It was assumed that schools would be using the materials and theme for about twelve periods a week for six weeks , as Miss Garnett noted : " This is probably as long as the steam stays in a theme for this age , and nobody should feel embarrassed about pulling out of it quicker if it seems right to do so " ( Leicester/Leicestershire Curriculum Development Project 1970 : I ) . |
| 4 | Of course , one has to be careful in this context to recognise that many of the infractions I 'm referring to are not necessarily offences AGAINST others — but represent errors of performance , imperfections which reflect badly on the offender — so that one undertakes remedial work , NOT for the purpose of making amends but to re-draw the picture of oneself so that it corresponds more closely to the one which one would like to project to the world at large . |
| 5 | Of course , by that evening I could n't think of anything else and it set up a pattern of repetition which I followed once I went back to London . |