Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone , including the Indians , seemed to be happy and laughing , and in my surly mood I unkindly wished them all in hell — chiefly because no one was in any hurry to serve me and I had to sit and watch a party at the next table consume a feast that looked to me as if it had issued straight from Nirvana , before I was even shown a menu . |
| 2 | This marriage was advantageous to him in that it introduced him into the local society but it was to last only three years , for in 1573 Jane died of smallpox at the age of 20 . |
| 3 | I do n't know , it looks as if it 's got some grit in it for when it gets icy I suppose you have to put he grit down there . |
| 4 | Every room in the house contained some form of Bible and I took up a large ancient looking one and opened it as if it had been a door into a cave . |
| 5 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 6 | The phone went dead and she stared at it as if it had bitten her . |
| 7 | Any tax charge under ss671 and 672 is assessed under Case VI of Schedule D , and the settlor is entitled to any deduction or relief against it as if it had been received by him as income . |
| 8 | They never changed the booth they sat in and they found that nobody was ever sitting in it as if it had an invisible reserved sign hanging above it . |
| 9 | The ‘ case-work ’ approach had much to be said for it in that it entailed a serious attempt to analyse the nature of the problem confronting the individual or family and to achieve a lasting solution without removing the clients from their familiar environment . |
| 10 | Given SAAB 's very positive experience with line-out , it is surprising that BL did not consider emulating it in that it appeared to offer benefits both to management and workers . |
| 11 | He was , then , a big , overgrown , shy man of twenty-eight who had never loved anyone before and it made him feel happy and strong and confident . |
| 12 | push it straight through it to till it 's done . |
| 13 | Tremulously she took his outstretched hand and it closed around hers as if it had been there forever . |
| 14 | This , in one way , is good news for us in that it means that there will be less and less arkies needed . |