Example sentences of "[det] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is that where it came from ? ’ |
| 2 | The proposal for a Rhyl relief road could mean yet another where it crosses the A525 . |
| 3 | With a startled squawk a rook flew from one tree to another where it perched complaining loudly . |
| 4 | ‘ Is this where it hurts ? ’ |
| 5 | Moneymen hope that parliament will act faster on this than it has on company-law reform . |
| 6 | But the Committee do not have to agree to this if it thinks that the new information is not important . |
| 7 | Yeah but you just put this if it says joystick er |
| 8 | Jim Bob says that no way would they have done this if it had been their money , and hopes that everyone got the joke . |
| 9 | I would n't be doing this if it had n't happened . |
| 10 | You can protest about this if it becomes a burden , but the time expended in doing so is probably inefficiently spent . |
| 11 | ‘ And there 's no reason for Elinor to see any of this if it tires her . |
| 12 | It can only do this if it implements its plans and policies flexibly , rather than according to formalized rules . |
| 13 | It was all very well picking at the past like this if it helped to exorcise the demons , but he was n't sure that was what William wanted . |
| 14 | The coaching session can help create this if it revolves around the person 's job and role . |
| 15 | Finding the hole in a blocked inspection chamber is not always easy : the way to do it is to find the bottom channel and to push the rod along this until it goes down the drain . |
| 16 | She followed this until it branched off . |
| 17 | I prefer this cos it makes my back ache . |
| 18 | You can do this provided it does not : |
| 19 | Starting at the Cow and Calf you climbed through a Khyber Pass of crags from one ling-and-bracken horizon to another until it seemed the sky could not be far off . |
| 20 | Young children nearly always put puzzles together by trial and error , ‘ trying out ’ each piece against another until it fits . |
| 21 | If you have more space , you could create a series of pools with the water falling from one to another until it reaches the lowest in a continual cycle . |
| 22 | When a drifting particle of food touches an arm , tube feet fasten on to it and pass it on from one to another until it reaches the gutter that runs down the upper surface of the arm to the mouth at the centre . |
| 23 | The challenge , as in Sade , is in the abyss of unreason it opens up ; it could as well be , and easily becomes , ‘ I do this because it hurts me ’ . |
| 24 | IBM says the Workstation One family obviates the need for this because it combines many features in one product with a common graphical interface . |
| 25 | I mention this because it brought me into favoured touch with the Commanding Officer for Wales , and through him I was able to gain admittance for Richard to Exeter College , Oxford , for six months prior to his joining the Royal Air Force , a privilege granted to very few cadets . |
| 26 | Spenser approves this because it does not drain English resources through having to keep a large standing army in Ireland . |
| 27 | What ca n't ca n't , do we really need this because it does n't say you have to throw it away after a year . |
| 28 | I 'm slightly concerned about this because it said that other matters erm we do n't know what other matters until the inspector has been in , in June and has identified those other matters , presumably when we get the further inspector 's report next Autumn or after June , it will address issues which may have been ones he has addressed this year and maybe not , er and we will have to look at that inspector 's report when we receive it . |
| 29 | I was happy to agree with this because it seemed to me that teachers were not ready for all the problems of assessment of speaking and listening for pupils aged 14 to 16 , and for the profile component to be given a 20 per cent weighting would be a considerable step forward . |
| 30 | I enjoyed doing this because it took people by surprise . |