Example sentences of "[vb pp] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second hand had stopped where it had met the pin inserted near the 55-second mark . |
| 2 | While I was struggling to stop it , frost was formed where it struck my already cold hand . |
| 3 | Plugs or outlets too , are often fitted in a haphazard way around the room , with the result that when a lamp is placed where it seems most needed , it frequently has to trail a dangerous mess of flex or wire with it . |
| 4 | But in July Mary of Guise was able to fight back more successfully , and at the end of the month the two sides made another truce , by which Edinburgh was to be free to choose its religion , and Catholic observance was not to be reinstated where it had been suppressed . |
| 5 | His thick black curly hair seemed to grow around his head like a crown , leaving his forehead exposed where it had receded . |
| 6 | Instead it is thought Meiko will use the Fujitsu Ltd VP single-chip vector processor for floating point operations alongside the Texas Instruments Inc Viking SuperSparc for scalar operations , although Meiko has said that Cypress Semiconductor Corp 's HyperSparc will be considered once it became available ( UX No 385 ) , and that the i860 could work with the new architecture if required . |
| 7 | It took longer for the territories with loud speakers to be occupied than it did for the silent territories ( Figure 6.2 ) . |
| 8 | In 1978 , when the factory moved , the union was officially dissolved although it continued to function secretly . |
| 9 | Damage caused to non-business property can be claimed if it exceeds £275 in value . |
| 10 | Golf development will not normally be permitted if it causes unacceptable disruption to the public enjoyment of rights of way . |
| 11 | ‘ For my part I believe the African Jesus would have won if it had not been for the Dark Host . |
| 12 | When it flies away it may be Pursued until it has left the vicinity — as is happening with this beleaguered golden eagle being chased by a group of aggressive ravens . |
| 13 | Steve asked reproachfully as if he did n't want to get blamed if it had n't . |
| 14 | Its transponder means it can be located if it becomes detached from its lift wire and umbilical . |
| 15 | In the hands of a great designer — Mondrian , de Staël , Rothko , Turner , Klee — the central void can be stressed until it appears to radiate energy . |
| 16 | Bill feels that the recruitment campaign will have succeeded if it results in a significant increase of women applying to become firefighters . |
| 17 | sparkling and looked like it had n't been touched , and I could n't believe it . |
| 18 | She was muddy , her dress torn , her hair looked like it had been combed with a hedge , but she crackled with so much internal power that she was nearly throwing off sparks . |
| 19 | ‘ At Doncaster the buffet was closed , the waiting room looked like it had n't been cleaned for three months , the staff locked themselves in a room and every time we heard an engine and dashed out it was pulling coal wagons . ’ |
| 20 | Stan might truly have forgotten if it had not been for the crash of the falling chair . |
| 21 | We may say that a living body or organ is well designed if it has attributes that an intelligent and knowledgeable engineer might have built into it in order to achieve some sensible purpose , such as flying , swimming , seeing , eating , reproducing , or more generally promoting the survival and replication of the organism 's genes . |
| 22 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 23 | Sleep would have come if it had not been for Hugh 's tossing and moaning . |
| 24 | It was shimmering , incandescent , as the colours deepened and the long blue-black tail unfurled and stiffened until it gained the strength to fly . |
| 25 | Dependence often develops , but need not necessarily be discouraged unless it persists when the patient has managed to overcome most or all of his problems . |
| 26 | It 's included because it amuses the punters . |
| 27 | This none-too-creditable story is probably included because it forms part of the family-tree of the ( later ) royal house , from which the Messiah himself was descended ( Matthew 1:3 ; Luke 3:33 ) . |
| 28 | O. imprudens is included because it has not been figured satisfactorily and as bathyal species its distribution may extend to 1000 m . |
| 29 | So it is possible that , in the course of evolution , the preening activity of the male has been accentuated because it signals to a female that he is in a state of conflict . |
| 30 | Speaking to the European Parliament ( EP ) after the summit Ruud Lubbers , Prime Minister of the Netherlands , said that the word federal had been dropped because it meant different things to different people . |