Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm . |
| 2 | I tend not to tell people a song is n't about them because it disappoints them . |
| 3 | I 'm always a little bit worried about them because it seems to me that they almost define the syllabus in terms of what you can ask four reasonable questions in terms of alternatives about . |
| 4 | It was there for them as it had always been . |
| 5 | He has also pointed out that the future did not loom so large for them as it did for the Roman historians , who were anxious about the fate of their empire . |
| 6 | When in Colossians 1:9ff Paul prays for Christians he has never met , his first request is that the Spirit would give them understanding of the Lord 's will for their lives ; then , that they should live their lives in accordance with that will by pleasing the Lord in everything ; then , that they should increase in their knowledge of God ; and finally , that they should be strengthened with all might according to the measure of his glorious power which should result for them as it did for Christ , not in arrogance but in patience and longsuffering . |
| 7 | The Foreign Office Minister , Mr William Waldegrave , said : ‘ The message we must get across is that those in the security services , those working for the state , should recognise that a day of reckoning will come for them as it has come for the East Germans and others . ’ |
| 8 | She wanted so much to remain with him on the terms which had always existed between them , did not want the wealth and consequence of her real life to come between them before it needed to . |
| 9 | But you could toss a coin between them when it comes to judging the difference . ’ |
| 10 | Working part of lunchtime had a slight advantage for me because it meant I now had a bit more time to load the container rail set . |
| 11 | I would n't recommend this one it 's just this is good for me because it 's got sort of |
| 12 | The weekend lost its appeal for me when it came to the fundamental rebirthing philosophy . |
| 13 | It 's an N for me when it goes back . |
| 14 | But I mean , it 's getting to the stage now where it 's gon na become counter-productive , well , for me cos it 's got to such a point now where I 've got exchanges going through , I 've got erm sales going through , details to be typed , canvassing going out , instructions , appointments to make , the outcomes |
| 15 | I said , ‘ Cynthia would n't let him ’ , which was silly of me because it aroused several emotions in my mother . |
| 16 | As Mr Cameron puts it , ‘ At the very time when most people want and need mobility — during the morning and evening peak periods — the system actually carries fewer of them than it does at various off-peak times . ’ |
| 17 | However , it is important for the designer to be aware of the nature and extent of the possibilities that are in principle available so that he may be able to exploit some of them when it seems appropriate . |
| 18 | Many of the small boats which usually travelled its waters were moored for the night and The Sandhopper passed a number of them as it made its way up river . |
| 19 | Then , just when Rachel was feeling she wanted it to go on forever , this exciting masquerade between the two of them where it seemed as if the rest of the world did n't exist , she found herself beside Danny who began stuttering and waving his arms , obviously trying to tell her something . |
| 20 | I 've only read Wuthering Heights of theirs as it happens , and I was n't too keen on parts of that . |
| 21 | Victoria said , ‘ And why he asked me not to call him uncle in front of you because it made him sound old ! ’ |
| 22 | It was right at the very beginning when you had to ask him about the introduction , I thought you were going straight off from the business card and all the rest of it and what you actually had was your C C Q in front of you because it took you all that time to get round to it . |
| 23 | Fig 78 It is dangerous to be positioned behind the board and rig , because the wave will throw them towards you as it passes . |
| 24 | Lydia woke early the following morning and went out to wash in the stream , feeling it was brave and somewhat magnanimous of her after it had treated her so ill on the previous night . |
| 25 | Even Moran had to admit it though he dismissed it as well by saying that it would have done well enough for the likes of him as it had been . |
| 26 | ‘ Most single people enjoy living alone and make the most of it while it lasts . ’ |
| 27 | It added : ‘ On average water services cost each household 46p a day for delivering 840 pints of water and safely disposing of it after it has been used . |
| 28 | You or any member of your party may cancel you booking , or part of it once it has been confirmed , but the instructions will only be valid if in writing and signed by the person who signed the Booking Form . |
| 29 | You 'd do something more likely to reap a financial return , such as throw it off the top of Blackpool Tower in a Force Nine gale and run down the 763 steps to see if you could catch any of it before it blew away . |
| 30 | If a negative thought is about to enter your mind try to become aware of it before it has had time to take root in your unconscious and put it aside , replacing it with a positive thought . |