Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] it [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One UN convoy was still stranded at the Drina river frontier between Bosnia and Serbia after Bosnian Serb militia stopped it crossing on Sunday . |
| 2 | Only the General Election stopped it going through . |
| 3 | DEC 's demonstration showed it running with 256Mb internal and 852Mb disk , and says it had it running with 4Gb external in the labs . |
| 4 | Shook newspaper off and the wind sent it whirling into the railings of the park . |
| 5 | A belated attempt at abdomen-straining brought it swimming back into fuzzy focus , but that dial was all I saw during the remainder of an interminable fast-jet loop . |
| 6 | But the organisation kept it going on principle . |
| 7 | ‘ Riddle had it coming to him , I 'm not wasting any tears over that bastard . ’ |
| 8 | Ben called it breaking new ground ; she herself would have put it ‘ widening her scope ’ . |
| 9 | Celia found it unnerving . |
| 10 | While one interviewee described it as meeting monthly ( at least in the early stages of the project ) , the chairperson recalled it meeting in full committee on only a handful of occasions , with the bulk of the work being undertaken by individual members in liaison with the academic and pastoral divisions they represented . |
| 11 | The bank 's ethics code prevented it cashing in on the bonanza reaped by others from the pound 's departure from the European exchange rate mechanism last September . |
| 12 | There was no ram-raiding until after the news showed it happening in America . |
| 13 | The baby saw it happening but could do nothing to stop it , its pudgy fingers would not close tightly enough to grasp the string … . |
| 14 | Duvall felt it coming and twisted . |
| 15 | But Will took it lying down — all in a good cause of course . |
| 16 | Maria was moist , hot and tight about him as he moved powerfully within her , and the exquisite friction of their joining commanded them utterly , carrying them upwards through rapture and beyond to a soaringly ecstatic climax so intense , so comprehensive that Maria felt it expanding to embrace her mind , spirit and emotions . |
| 17 | When Gaze published a guidebook to Switzerland Cook recommended it saying ‘ the book is written in good style , and displays the spirit of energy , self denial , and perseverance that should characterise Alpine travellers ’ . |
| 18 | It darted up a tree with breathtaking ease , and the young man watched it leaping from bough to bough , as light and airy as a puff of grey smoke . |
| 19 | Housebuilder Y J Lovell slipped ½p to 10p after exceptional charges sent it plunging to a £12.2m loss . |
| 20 | Kate bought it thinking it was a piece of straightforward domestic Queen Anne but discovered that , by a bizarre coincidence , it was the mirror-image of the abbey at Bernay — and consequently much older than she thought . |
| 21 | Brazil 's size gave it bargaining power not equally enjoyed by either Kenya or Malaysia . |
| 22 | But a printing mistake left it reading : ‘ This Christmas , Roger Price suggests you stuff the kids and shoot the turkey . ’ |
| 23 | The doll had pins piercing the location of the heart when the police found it lying on the victim 's naked body . |
| 24 | Veblen saw it developing in late twentieth century America . |
| 25 | That little bitch had it coming to her . ’ |
| 26 | The crew looked pleased enough , the camera man muttering something to the effect that the bitch had it coming . |
| 27 | Angela reproduced it using John Oliver paints , then spread it throughout the house on doors , banisters , fireplace surrounds — sometimes even ceilings . |
| 28 | Someone had left a copy of the Sun , and Sergei grabbed it saying , ‘ Ah , your free press ! ’ |
| 29 | His Dad kept it hanging on a nail in the shed and he 'd have noticed right away if it was missing . |
| 30 | The slightest touch on the accelerator sent it hurtling towards the horizon . |