Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alex Griffiths , Marks & Spencer 's fish executive , was surprised at the idea that the company might have even contemplated using Billingsgate when it began selling fresh fish nationally four years ago . |
| 2 | I asked Pat if it had been love at first sight . |
| 3 | This bias was particularly strong during our Pre-Campaign Wave in March when Prime Minister Thatcher visited Moscow but it continued at a reduced level throughout the final campaign . |
| 4 | They are strays , having been carried here by the glacier that once occupied Crummackdale as it retreated at the end of the Ice Age , scouring the ground as it departed and bringing down the boulders from their place of origin higher in the valley . |
| 5 | I quoted Shakespeare : ‘ Stands Scotland where it did . |
| 6 | The alternative option , clearly the one it favoured , was ‘ to accept Israel as it existed on the condition that each refugee be allowed to return to his home , whether it was under Arab or Israeli jurisdiction . ’ |
| 7 | Mr Nellist joins Isosceles as it plans the flotation of Wellworth , its Northern Irish supermarket chain , and the sale of Herman 's , its American sporting goods chain , to reduce its heavy borrowings . |
| 8 | In conference with Gerald Gardiner , subsequently Lord Chancellor , who had somewhat late in the day raised his flag as a member of the Labour Party , it was decided that the best course of action was for the Labour Party to be asked to be represented by Gardiner at the Vassall Tribunal and to inform Radcliffe that it had no additional witness to come to him . |
| 9 | Yeah but it only has Norwich and it has Dagenham does n't , that 's it is n't it ? |
| 10 | Last but not least , Keith is an historian who has frequently visited Mexico and it does n't faze him that I , as a Mexican , should come to his country to write about its artists . |
| 11 | He was the first high-ranking UN official to visit Taiwan since it withdrew from the UN in 1971 . |
| 12 | Then , he wrote a West End musical based on his aunt 's Remembering Judi and it transferred to Broadway , with Nina Kenyon making an impressive singing debut in her original role , finally outgrossing everything written by Andrew Lloyd Webber . |
| 13 | A warm welcome awaits anyone who wishes to visit Latvia and it seems that a number of aircraft will now be dusted off and returned to flight . |
| 14 | Sadly the ‘ Parracombe ’ failed in its gallant attempt to reach Malta when it struck a mine off Cap Bon . |
| 15 | ‘ If you 're going to enjoy Tivoli as it deserves to be enjoyed , I think for tonight at least we should call a truce , ’ he suggested , apparently unaware of her intense reaction to his touch , as they walked past the Pantominteatret , where a performance of the traditional Italian pantomime was taking place on the open-air stage . |
| 16 | The company 's poor performance has been brought about by adverse factors that have dogged Lowndes since it bought out Harris Queensway , which had grown fast in the early 1980s only to fall on more difficult times . |
| 17 | Although NeXT Computer Inc has stumbled , Data General Corp , which last year signed to resell NeXT boxes , will maintain a relationship with Steve Jobs ' company — it says it was always more interested in the NeXTstep software anyway , and it will market the environment on the 80486 personal computers it buys OEM once it becomes available . |
| 18 | Half an hour later , driven by a resolve almost beyond her comprehension , she was across the lake , informing Tilly that it had become necessary for her to take up more permanent residence at the Lodge . |
| 19 | You do n't we were u we had to use the immersion did n't we cos w we moved in in the June and Lofty and Brian said well do n't have it done cos you 're not gon na use until August so we they did it August time for us so but we did n't use Servowarm cos it had blown up , they just disconnected it for us , so we used the ho the immersion heater |
| 20 | For a start , they argue , America has already told Jordan that it wants to be friends again ( watch to see if America leans on Israel to be more accommodating to Jordan 's need for water ) . |
| 21 | Haslam learned the hard way how to handle such a traumatic situation and how to some extent to play God when it became necessary to select the people who had to go . |
| 22 | The food was called Herakleophorbia because it suggested that food made you strong and tall . |
| 23 | Sun discovered Praxsys after it acquired the PC half of Interactive and picked up rights to it . |
| 24 | In the hit movie Withnall and I , the two visit Riggindale and it drives them almost to the brink of distraction . |
| 25 | She kissed Lucy and it did n't matter that somehow her lips landed only on her cheek . |
| 26 | You knew when it was supposed to leave Kirkwall and it went past this island or that one but |
| 27 | Now you know Mr if it 's spelt you may say oh it 's it 's pretty close . |
| 28 | It is called Kulta and it comes from the distant reaches of Lapland . |
| 29 | Wales coach Alan Davies admitted : ‘ John Eales 's absence will certainly disrupt Australia and it does give us a bit of an extra chance of winning some line-out ball . |
| 30 | In particular , he reversed his previous position that Greece would recognize Macedonia if it adopted a prefix to distinguish it from the northern Greek province of Macedonia . |