Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] it have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She pushed back her hair where it had slipped from the bandanna , then tried to shrug off the tension with a sigh . |
| 2 | Well , when it , when it is irrational it is operating either under the influence of the id or it 's overwhelmed by some external circumstances that it just ca n't understand the controls , therefore making all the wrong decisions and acting in a completely inadequate manner . |
| 3 | The effect is accentuated if the c.g. is near the aft limit and , in some cases , it is doubtful whether there is sufficient elevator authority to stop the pitching once it has gone beyond the early stages . |
| 4 | Angling for the deal that it has sought for some time now , UK firm IXI Ltd , Cambridge , is starting to cast groundbait all over the water in an attempt to land its catch . |
| 5 | By fortunate chance , often a major factor in war , Hawke , on the afternoon of 16 November , learned from a victualling ship which was returning empty from taking supplies to the blockading force that it had sighted the French fleet the previous day . |
| 6 | Since the level of owner-occupation is rising , and the number of future retirees entitled to some form of contributory pension will exceed the current number , it seems likely that private saving will play a greater role in determining the economic status of the elderly in the future than it has done in the past . |
| 7 | This healthy contribution of commercial interests , which , after all , have experience and technical know-how which is often in short supply in ministries , deserves more recognition than it has received , especially since it does much to offset the squalid tale of the involvement by one British company at this time in corrupt monopoly state publishing ventures during the Obote and Nkrumah governments in Uganda and Ghana . |
| 8 | Because of the uncertainty of the outcome of future attempts to develop and test a research programme , it can never be said of any programme that it has degenerated beyond all hope . |
| 9 | United Biscuits was one of the few fallers after confirmation that it had sold its Terry 's chocolate division to Kraft of the U.S. in a deal worth £220 million . |
| 10 | Reed was also an early casualty , down 4p to 717p following confirmation that it has bought Robert Maxwell 's Official Airline Guides for 417m dollars ( £275m ) . |
| 11 | Reed was also an early casualty , down 4p to 717p following confirmation that it has bought Robert Maxwell 's Official Airline Guides for 417m dollars ( £275m ) . |
| 12 | Reed was also an early casualty , down 5p to 716p following confirmation that it has bought Robert Maxwell 's Official Airline Guides for 417m dollars ( £275m ) . |
| 13 | ‘ His mental state has been very stable since he has been in hospital and there is no indication that it has deteriorated recently , ’ the spokesman added . |
| 14 | And he said Eventually with ropes and various other tackle it took seven of them to lift the piano back up again out of the gap that it had produced in the stairs and get it up the stairs . |
| 15 | The , the minute , the note last time said a pool of cand , they , they will be told that a pool of possible candidat candidates will be contacted to attend for final interview once it 's decided to go ahead with the new appointment , so you could the thr the the three , or whatever it is that you are not putting forward , that their , that our interest in them has ceased |
| 16 | It 's been interesting these past few days to watch the energy of the sun through the effect that it 's had on the snow . |
| 17 | It could mean that a claimant would be uncertain as to whether , on a rational basis test , an authority would apply the same meaning to a term that it had used previously , or whether it would adopt a different interpretation . |
| 18 | If British tennis is to ever rise above the mediocrity that it has wallowed in for decades , then juniors have to be given greater access to courts and coaching . |
| 19 | ‘ Absolute horror , and then recognition that it had gone to the parents at the school for which I was responsible , and that this would inevitably result in the headmaster being approached by some parents objecting to having their child in a school with a warden like this . |
| 20 | Either its organisation is in so parlous a condition that it has to rely on active service units of such incompetence that they can not place bombs and give effective warnings . |
| 21 | That 's the one for me because it 's so raunchy sounding and it 's got a real grit to it that I think is just fantastic . |
| 22 | Boil the wine rapidly in a small saucepan until it has reduced to approx 1 × 15ml/tbsp . |
| 23 | Japanese , it 's a massive one , one er , it 's a thirty thousand gallon erm pond and it 's got , and it goes through a filter box and it 's four and a half tons of erm four and a half tons and that is a lot of |
| 24 | If the girl dies it will be murder and it 's happened in my area . ’ |
| 25 | Once again that 's another one which is just a glance at the , at the programme if it 's presented one way and very difficult if it 's presented another way . |
| 26 | By by the third Summer I think it had outlived its usefulness and it had become much more like a a mini-goose fair . |
| 27 | It 's got hair , eyes , nose and mouth and it 's got a big yellow sun , has n't it , shining over and it 's the bestest picture you 've ever seen since you last went to the art gallery . |
| 28 | ‘ He had landed bang in the middle of the roof and it had caved in . |
| 29 | Thereafter it hammers away with great effect until it has excavated a narrow tunnel as much as three feet long . |
| 30 | The Snotling base fights at full effect until it has taken 3 wounds when it is removed . |