Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The way , the way they talk about March winds it was February rain they |
| 2 | An emergency congress of the Czechoslovak Communist Party yesterday elected the former prime minister , Mr Ladislav Adamec , as chairman to guide it through free elections due within six months . |
| 3 | Her choice made , she went back for vegetables to accompany it , recklessly adding a demi-kilo of the huge firm-fleshed tomatoes , as well as nectarines , oranges and a punnet of strawberries to her collection . |
| 4 | You do n't have to be regular cyclist to enjoy a cycling holiday in Holland as the safe , segregated cycle lanes have special traffic lights and signposts for cyclists making it a relaxing and enjoyable pastime for people of all ages ; families , couples , or groups of friends . |
| 5 | If pilots are apprehensive about cable breaks it probably means that they are uncertain about what they should do in all situations , and whether they can manage . |
| 6 | At equilibrium , these are equal , and we merely have to solve the equation for p to discover it . |
| 7 | When the Society heard in July 1861 that the Board was to remove the Bondgate bubbler the cattle fountain that was turning the highway to mire it asked for permission to replace it . |
| 8 | Instead , gipsies will be encouraged to BUY land and apply for permission to turn it into a site . |
| 9 | The brewers to whom it belonged , having ideas , like all brewers in the 1960s , of reviving the supposed jollity of the eighteenth century , had applied for permission to turn it into a fashionable beer garden . |
| 10 | Then , getting up , she went to the telephone and signalled to Mr Miller for permission to use it . |
| 11 | Hearing Ginsberg 's tumultuous reading of Howl spurred Lawrence Ferlinghetti to ask for permission to publish it under his City Lights imprint in San Francisco . |
| 12 | An ugly modern extension obscures part of the Godfrey building at present and Moran says his architectural consultants have advised him to apply for permission to remove it and replace it with a gatehouse . |
| 13 | Some of the material used here has appeared in print before , and I am grateful to the editors of the American Philosophical Quarterly and of Analysis for permission to reprint it . |
| 14 | In examining , for example , the influence of X on Y , it has to be considered whether shifts to a given value of X from either direction have the same consequences for Y. Does it matter , that is , whether X has increased or decreased to reach its present level , or whether the relationship is asymmetrical in that different values of X do not have a uniform effect on Y ? |
| 15 | Why does an unstable demand for money make it difficult to control the supply of money ? |
| 16 | That is absolute rubbish and I expect the right hon. Member for Sparkbrook to condemn it as such . |
| 17 | The house , moreover , has its relation to the industrial town as Engels describes it , which is also planned so that the paths of the separate nations need never cross . |
| 18 | Because it is the product of the class struggle , it will disappear or as Engels puts it ‘ wither away ’ with the advent of socialism . |
| 19 | erm For undergraduate teaching it also has a very high reputation for innovation and for creative teaching . |
| 20 | A bit of a luck break there off Oldfield takes it to Collimore . |
| 21 | Although everyone was a bit wary of an undeserved Soton equaliser , Beeney mopped up any semblance of an attack , and after good work by Strachan in not letting Benali shepherd the ball out for a goal kick , he dispossessed him , took it past another defender and played it across the goal for Speed to slot it into the bottom left corner . |
| 22 | It 's not a federated system , it actually , positively talks about moving forward as Professor states it in the economical situation the council is in . |
| 23 | We have made provision within Strathclyde 's budget for funds to enable it to undertake development of the A77 . |
| 24 | Well if there 's stuff that 's you know , you do n't want and it 's all right for jumble , I mean if you want it for jumble take it , but if not we 'll have it for jumble , I mean you know it 's erm |
| 25 | Two of Britain 's major motorways , the A1 and M1 , pass through Nottinghamshire linking it directly with towns and cities throughout the country . |
| 26 | Wait for Lucy to do it and then we 'll read it out . |
| 27 | The road ahead was narrow ; a signpost flashed past them , too quickly for Lucy to read it . |
| 28 | So right enough Richard was pleased for Richard thought it was gon na be ten pound a week |
| 29 | Some parents are wholly negative towards their children 's use of Creole , but some are mainly concerned that young children should not use Creole , and are more relaxed about teenagers speaking it . |
| 30 | In claims for roof damage it is important to be satisfied that the cost of repairs met under the policy is restricted to the area of the roof actually damaged . |