Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 2 | Skinnergate faces two choices : it either declines into a traffic-filled street of second-rate shops or it cleans itself up , providing an open air alternative to the Cornmill 's enclosed space . |
| 3 | And once we 've clipped the nails , we actually file the nail so that it 's nice and smooth and it does n't catch on your tights or it does n't catch on the sheets at night . |
| 4 | However , ‘ Motherese ’ is composed of many different characteristics and it seems reasonable to suppose that there is considerable variation among adults in respect of how far these features are reflected in their speech to young children . |
| 5 | that have had the support but they wo n't get off their backsides and it tends to be this ge generation . |
| 6 | It has four legs and it climbs on trees . ’ |
| 7 | Look it 's got two legs and it 's got two plaits the same as me . |
| 8 | Its forelimbs have tiny claws on them which assist in grasping its mother 's hairs and it moves determinedly forward with a movement rather like a swimmer 's crawl , turning its head from one side to another with alternate strokes . |
| 9 | In 1889 a Select Committee heard another plea from a male trade unionist for the restriction of married women 's work on the grounds that ‘ when the married women turn into the domestic workshops they become competitors against their own husbands and it requires a man and his wife to earn what the man alone would earn if she were not in the shop ’ . |
| 10 | We did n't stop talking like but the talk s just sort of stemmed around the house and the kids and it did n't go any further than that . |
| 11 | As the air catches the membranes , the fish is lifted above the waves and it glides for hundreds of metres leaving its pursuers baffled . |
| 12 | The beach start is the only way to launch into breaking waves and it needs to be carefully timed . |
| 13 | Harriet was concerned it would mean suffering for the wretched animals and it does seem wrong that , for example , under EEC rules the poor beasts do n't even have to be fed and watered so frequently during transport as under our rules . |
| 14 | I 've always been fond of animals and it interests me to have them about to look at . |
| 15 | She had looked into the midnight-dark eyes and it had n't seemed to matter at all that the plaza was a very busy place . |
| 16 | There was still a little awe in her wide grey eyes and it added to the astonishingly innocent look that intrigued everyone . |
| 17 | She thought she detected the ghost of amusement in his blue eyes and it incensed her even more . |
| 18 | Once when I was looking out the back of the palace and shots around the back and a shell hit the palace , so it came in my eyes and it hit |
| 19 | So when you run to get it started off , you have all your uranium fuel rods in the reactor and you 're control rods and it 's it 's shut down at that stage okay , then you gradually start withdrawing the control rods , and see what 's happening . |
| 20 | This is a public right of way for walkers and it continues as a track alongside Loch Coulin , where camera enthusiasts are often fortunate to find a moored rowing boat posing for the foreground of a perfect picture . |
| 21 | Although the area is infrequently visited by walkers and it has a unique cultural heritage and offers those who do visit something special . |
| 22 | Schools run themselves some have left the authority , we still have three education sub committees a major education committee , numerous sub groups and working parties and it 's gone time we recognised the changing world and streamlined the members side of the education department in the same way that the officer side 's been streamlined and slimmed down . |
| 23 | ‘ It was hard to fight my way out of the reserves and it took a long time for me to recover . ’ |
| 24 | Quite often all the things that parents want to say go out of their heads and it takes time and confidence in their listener to start to explore the greater areas of concern . |
| 25 | However , Executive Agencies are in some cases becoming trading funds and it appears that many more will become so in the future ) . |
| 26 | Although the term ‘ fungus ’ is often used by fishkeepers and it appears regularly in all the books , it is still in my experience a disease organism that falls fairly low in the ‘ Top Ten ’ fish disease ratings . |
| 27 | We urge all our team to use their skills to the full to achieve efficiencies and it works . |
| 28 | The white-and-red type remained unchanged for the next two centuries and it has elements of common origin with the Ayrshire of Scotland ( which is basically white with brown markings , especially on the neck and face ) . |
| 29 | The King was , however , also King of his Dominions and it had been provided by the Statute of Westminster 1931 , s.4 , that Parliament should not legislate for the Dominions ( defined as Australia , Canada , the Irish Free State , Newfoundland , New Zealand and the Union of South Africa ) except at the request of and with the consent of the Dominion concerned . |
| 30 | The driver spun the wheel as the Mercedes reached the end of the row of parked cars and it skidded sideways , the left corner of the rear bumper crumpling in a flash of sparks as it glanced off the wall . |