Example sentences of "[pron] of it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I think he 'd better roll his sleeves even higher and start repairing the damage , plenty of it caused by his own hastiness . |
| 2 | It 's true I think er as Mr said at some length er that er this measure would not prevent hunting in in most of the area in which it it takes place , through plenty of it happens of course well to the West of the A six er perhaps it might even get out there from time to time but our duty clearly is to see er that the right thing is done in the territory which is our responsibility and our other responsibility is surely to set an example of decent humanity . |
| 3 | Well up in Scotland of course we do n't need to save our rain water we get plenty of it coming from the unclear , but er one thing I would say would be that erm if we have a warm spell and the sun is beating on a bitumen roof and then of course suddenly a shower and that er goes into the water bucket or water barrel then it does give you maybe you know a few problems . |
| 4 | All I 'm saying is that we do n't have to go groping about in corners looking for motive , there 's plenty of it lying about . |
| 5 | None of it brought any response from him . |
| 6 | None of it spilled as Bonanza removed the cigar from his soft lips . |
| 7 | He tried to pretend that none of it mattered , could half convince himself . |
| 8 | ‘ None of it mattered in the least . ’ |
| 9 | And she thought , as she stood there with Rosie , Susie , Katie , Isabel , Janice and Heather , that none of it mattered , none of it had any importance , in view of the fact that she was going . |
| 10 | The laughter , the irritation , of the rest of the team who were unloading while he wasted time — none of it mattered . |
| 11 | None of it hung together . |
| 12 | None of it goes on salaries or administration because all of that is covered by sponsorship or by the interest on banked money . |
| 13 | And she thought , as she stood there with Rosie , Susie , Katie , Isabel , Janice and Heather , that none of it mattered , none of it had any importance , in view of the fact that she was going . |
| 14 | None of it had been intended . |
| 15 | If he had , she could have persuaded herself that none of it had been her fault — that he 'd physically forced her into making love . |
| 16 | The loss of her family , the futile years of servitude , even Edmund 's death — none of it had hurt like this . |
| 17 | Spending his five shillings had given him great satisfaction , particularly as none of it had been wasted . |
| 18 | Since she was sixteen she had experienced life , and none of it had been good , except that she had given birth to a daughter and also that she had found out what love was , but had experienced the painful futility of it . |
| 19 | None of it made any sense . |
| 20 | But none of it made any difference . |
| 21 | The moon , the mountains , the man — himself — standing there in the darkness : none of it made sense to him . |
| 22 | None of it made any sense ! |
| 23 | None of it made sense . |
| 24 | The snow was driving down now but even through that whirling vortex of frozen city detritus , none of it seemed to be making any impression on those glistening black pavements or the tarmac . |
| 25 | He was pumped full of sedation , but none of it seemed to work and Gilbert had decided against more in case he died . |
| 26 | None of it seemed remotely realistic or important any longer . |
| 27 | He was all of these things , but somehow none of it seemed to matter . |
| 28 | None of it registered , because she was fighting tears that were perilously near . |
| 29 | The working-class wives of early eighteenth-century London earned from charring , laundry , nursing , making and mending clothes , hawking , silk-winding and in the catering and victualling services : The great majority of women were unable to work in male trades and , since nearly three quarters of women wanted to or had to work for a living , they necessarily competed intensely for the work which was left , much of it of a casual nature and none of it organised by gilds and livery companies . |
| 30 | In the event , none of it happened . |