Example sentences of "of [pron] [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't want to lose any of my squad and it makes my job a little bit easier this summer . ’ |
| 2 | While I put my purchases on the sliding counter he kept patting the inside of my thigh until it drove me to desperation . |
| 3 | I felt the side of my head where it had hit the bus shelter ; a bruise was forming and my eye felt sore . |
| 4 | ‘ It 's written at the front of my note-book and it says ‘ Private ’ in case you had n't noticed . ’ |
| 5 | Unfortunately , I 'll probably be at the end of my life when it happens |
| 6 | An information board allowed me to keep everyone up-to-date on my progress , stimulate interest and heighten awareness of my role as it developed . |
| 7 | The wind had taken more of my energy than it saved , and without the sail , the wheelbarrow was much easier to control . |
| 8 | I 've been working on that part of my game and it came off tonight . ’ |
| 9 | It should have been the best day of my career but it turned into a nightmare . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I was bringing my own but I put it in the wrong pocket of my coat and it fell through the lining and smashed . " |
| 12 | I do n't know what reasons brought you to me or whether they have any connection with certain events — I have my suspicions I 'll confess , but I accept it is n't any of my business unless it reaches a point where it outwardly affects me . |
| 13 | One way or another , we get to see most of their stuff before it gets Stateside . |
| 14 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 15 | When Vietnam got nasty , many bands were finally forced out of their apathy as it became apparent that things like conscription were bringing matters pretty close to home . |
| 16 | All pairs go through this sequence irrespective of their sex and it ends with a clear dominance — subordination relationship in which grooming indicates compatibility and resolution of tension . |
| 17 | It undertook to grade all departments according to the quality of their research and it inaugurated a series of subject reviews . |
| 18 | In the West , the time of retirement for many people is the end of their usefulness and it means for them no more than a hopeless waiting for them . |
| 19 | Integrity expands and deepens the role individual citizens can play in developing the public standards of their community because it requires them to treat relations among themselves as characteristically , not just spasmodically , governed by these standards . |
| 20 | It is often divided into two lobes by an inflexion of its wall where it articulates with the pleuron . |
| 21 | Or another horse may be described as ‘ too intelligent for its own good ! ’ when in fact the horse is actually demonstrating an unwilling aspect of its temperament when it evades what is being asked of it . |
| 22 | But must a foraging hyena be conscious of the food it has not yet uncovered , or a homing salmon aware of its destination as it begins the laborious trip upstream to its natal stream to spawn ; both exemplars of goal-seeking behaviour ? |
| 23 | A liquid takes the shape of its container as it finds it own level under the influence of gravity . |
| 24 | An example of this sort of difficulty in English law is Launchbury v. Morgans in which the House of Lords declined to extend the vicarious liability of the owner of a car for negligence of its driver because it lacked information about the impact this would have on the insurance industry . |
| 25 | A BRITISH seaside resort 's Rotary club found itself way out of its depth when it extended the hand of friendship to a visiting Russian delegation . |
| 26 | Like most LIFESPAN activities , CREFDL will inform you of its progress as it works , so it is recommended that you run it from a hard copy terminal , or log the session to a file . |
| 27 | The minstrels and people of the town ran after the bull and the person who could cut off a piece of its skin before it crossed into Derbyshire was declared the owner and King of the Music 's Bull . |
| 28 | She has just managed to scuttle out of its way as it slammed down next to her , but the tip of one of her legs had been trapped and she had been forced to sever it and leave it behind . |
| 29 | Such variation reflects as much on the Authority 's style and the quality of its thinking as it does on the heads , and there is a clear need for much greater dialogue between the two levels . |
| 30 | They heard , like thunder , the explosion of its power as it struck the distant road , and saw the highway break and rise in two sections like two sides of a lifting bridge . |