Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [verb] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Does it refer to territory already held by the Croatians or does it apply to old frontiers which are up for grabs ? |
| 2 | He despises the human race and the combinations that make it tick ; the human race in its present state , he 'd qualify — he 'd like to send us all back to nursery school — so he has to behave as unlike his fellow beings as he can . ’ |
| 3 | Great houses did not of course cease to be built ; on the contrary , almost as many were erected in the nineteenth century as a whole as in the three centuries that preceded it put together . |
| 4 | ‘ I had daft wee notions about setting up a mobile massage unit going round theatres at matinees getting people 's shoulders out of their ears and calling it Feels on Wheels , ’ said the Glasgow-born actress . |
| 5 | ‘ I had daft wee notions about setting up a mobile massage unit going round theatres at matinees getting people 's shoulders out of their ears and calling it Feels on Wheels , ’ said the Glasgow-born actress . |
| 6 | From the yard where the cart was kept , Rosa heard the Small splosh in the bucket after Sabina had placed the bird between her legs and slitted it to pull the guts . |
| 7 | It smashed and he picked up one the table legs and used it to hit her . ’ |
| 8 | Held against his heart , feeling the steady beat beneath her cheek , she closed her eyes and let it wash over her in soothing waves . |
| 9 | Occasionally it would extend one of its sensors and use it to draw shapes in the dirt . |
| 10 | So , whenever you have some spare cash to hand , pay it into Premier Savings and watch it grow . |
| 11 | We shrugged our shoulders and let it go . |
| 12 | Most of his contemporaries would have shrugged their shoulders and let it remain as part of the natural order of things . |
| 13 | She came to the last button and , plucking up all her courage , slipped the dress off her shoulders and let it drop to the floor . |
| 14 | He hung his heavy axe and rubber-handled flashlight on nails hammered into the edge of a high shelf , then shrugged his jacket from his shoulders and left it to lie where it fell . |
| 15 | An outbreak of spots may leave a brown discoloration on the skin which can last for several months and leave it looking mottled . |
| 16 | Israel 's occupation arose from a pre-emptive war against neighbours who had massed on its borders and wanted it to disappear . |
| 17 | Unquestionably she has brought the might of the sexist porn industry to its knees and forced it to deal with a self-supporting woman with ideals and a philosophy . |
| 18 | to their lips and soothe it to sleep |
| 19 | The Realpolitik of Berlin detached the definition of the new Germany from Germanism — it did not include all Germans nor did it exclude non-Germans . |
| 20 | Knowledge memorized as a list of facts is of little practical use unless backed up by activities that put it to work . |
| 21 | Knowledge memorized as a list of facts is of little practical use unless backed up by activities that put it to work . |
| 22 | And all the birds that saw it stopped singing upon the instant . |
| 23 | Sentencing the two men , Judge Richard May said he was bearing in mind that the defendants had n't put the money in their own pockets or used it to support expensive lifestyles . |
| 24 | Jezrael could hear the wires that crowned it humming with power . |
| 25 | He lifted one of the plump feet and let it drop again to show us how lifeless it was . |
| 26 | We had to contend with some extremely high winds and found it needed extra guys to hold upright . |
| 27 | The column was prepared by suspending the Amberlyst A-15 in 72% ethanol for 24 hours before slurrying it into columns and allowing it to settle by gravity . |
| 28 | An exchange of letters with Sir Denis Rooke then followed , and in December the Council basically affirmed the importance of institutional visits as the means by which the CNAA built up a picture of institutions and enabled it to exercise its responsibilities , and asked the Working Party on Partnership in Validation to give consideration to the form such visits should take . |
| 29 | ‘ What ages and ages it seems since we were at Pinehurst . |
| 30 | And Joe 's mum give me mostly pound coins and get it changed for a ten pound note . |