Example sentences of "[conj] it [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Took a walk in the fields saw an old wood stile taken away from a favourite spot which it had occupied all my life the posts were overgrown with Ivy & it seemed so akin to nature & the spot where it stood as tho it had taken it on lease for an undisturbed existance it hurt me to see it was gone for my affections claims a friendship with such things but nothing is lasting in this world last year Langley Bush was destroyd an old white thorn that had stood for more than a century full of fame the gipsies shepherds & herdmen all had their tales of its history & it will be long ere its memory is forgotten . |
| 2 | Certainly the early universe does not obey the symmetry T : as time runs forward the universe expands-if it ran backward , the universe would be contracting . |
| 3 | Where it occurs much lower down a recovery is unlikely , and the accident should be put down either to the failure to maintain a safe airspeed at low altitudes , or to bad planning leading to a situation from which a crash is almost unavoidable . |
| 4 | Fleming went on to describe how the nasal secretions of the patient ( himself , in fact ) were cultured , and how a round microbe or coccus first grew and then was destroyed where it came close to the nasal secretion . |
| 5 | where it says where as the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the darkness outside , this is where the luck we thing the lashing of the teeth will be see , which sons of the kingdom is that referring to ? |
| 6 | ladies and gentlemen I would like to move a very small amendment to do a the second a membership on on item four on where it says up to three represent the area etcetera erm now the which I am currently a member of includes three libraries erm which are and and there are in fact five County Councils involved in the area of those three libraries when in fact Bushey has its own Bushey and there was a but I would like to see |
| 7 | Looking into the Danube here , where it flows fast , deep and immensely powerful , it was difficult to imagine anyone surviving . |
| 8 | One had mange so badly it was nearly bald : it moped around , scratching the exposed pink skin that had cracked and flaked where it stretched briefly over the jutting spine and ribcage . |
| 9 | Iago slung his harp over his shoulder , where it carried snugly under his cloak on horseback , and hunched one shoulder slightly under the cape of his capuchon when he went afoot in England . |
| 10 | Another tingling message plunged into her abdomen , where it pulsated wildly . |
| 11 | The canal age effectively began in south-west Lancashire where it developed naturally from improvements to the river navigations serving Liverpool and Manchester . |
| 12 | Practice Richard Ashworth and ors v Berkeley-Walbrook Ltd ; CA ( Russell , Stuart-Smith LJJ ) ; 27 Sept 1989 As a general rule , where a counterclaim could properly be relied on as a set-off and where it arose out of the same subject matter as the claim , the counterclaiming defendant ought not to be required to give security for costs of that counterclaim unless there were exceptional circumstances . |
| 13 | When two cats are fighting and one is forced into submission , it often performs what is called ‘ cut-off ’ , where it turns away from its tormentor and shuts its eyes , trying to blot out the frightening image of its dominant rival . |
| 14 | We corkscrewed on our way working towards the lee of the Buchan coast , where it turns westward into the Firth . |
| 15 | The brass work was cast in the brass foundry , and from there it was sent to the brass finishing shop for machining and cleaning up , afterwards traversing the plating department where it received either venetian bronze , oxidised silver or plain brass lacquer finish , next passing to position No 3 for fixing in the carriage . |
| 16 | He curses them , as young men do — but not young ladies — he pulls out the arrow roughly , then leaves the creature there where it lay down and died . |
| 17 | Algeria is the only African country using natural gas significantly at home where it supplies over half the country 's energy needs . |
| 18 | Of course , there are exceptions and occasions when the process happens much more quickly — and others where it happens much more slowly — but I wish to outline the case of my constituent , Mrs. |
| 19 | He grimaced and scratched his short , curly black hair where it stuck out from under his tartan cap . |
| 20 | I spotted one in Ray 's large indoor pool , where it looked horribly out of place beside the aristocratic Kohaku , Sanke and Showa . |
| 21 | WizDom forms part of USL and Unix International 's distributed vision of the future , Atlas , where it lines up alongside OSF 's DCE , to which USL will add ‘ at least ’ half a dozen ready-to-run system management applications by the time it comes to market . |
| 22 | Although at this time of year , before the monsoon , the water is at its lowest , it was nevertheless chest-deep in places and fast-flowing — turquoise and white where it swirled around boulders near the edge , dark green in the broad sweep of the central canal . |
| 23 | This is pumped into settling areas behind dams , where it dries slowly into pure white plains . |
| 24 | More worryingly insidious is their ability to act as magnets to acid rain , taking it from the atmosphere and releasing it into the soil , where it leaches down and enters the water system . |
| 25 | In the corners of the kitchen , where it fitted badly , it could be prised up , peeled backwards , waggled to and fro until a piece cracked , broke off . |
| 26 | They were about 10 yards from the western side of the reef , where it fell away sharply and waves were pounding on its shore . |
| 27 | A dwelling for the living or a tomb for one 's ancestors should be sited only where it harmonizes completely with the forces of nature . |
| 28 | He walked , his pace swift , down the twisting path , then hesitated where it veered off to the staff-cabins . |
| 29 | Where it breaks up and makes eddies , turbulence . |
| 30 | Majority voting satisfies conditions P , I and D. Where it breaks down is that it does not satisfy U , as we have seen with the example of the voting paradox given earlier . |