Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb pp] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Russian law on citizenship , adopted in November 1991 , extended that privilege not only to the population of the Russian Federation but also to those living in other republics who requested it , and the Russian defence minister , Pavel Grachev , made it clear that fellow nationals would be defended ‘ wherever they live ’ ; Vice-President Rutskoi called more directly for recognition of the Dnestr republic , and the Foreign Ministry intervened when it appeared that the civil rights of Russian speakers in the newly independent Baltic republics were being infringed . |
| 2 | His chest crushed when it smashed into the steering wheel . ’ |
| 3 | In these situations the Pump Wagon sustains D6 strength 6 hits due to damage sustained as it crunches and smashes its way through . |
| 4 | She was muddy , her dress torn , her hair looked like it had been combed with a hedge , but she crackled with so much internal power that she was nearly throwing off sparks . |
| 5 | Eventually , on Feb. 25 , the Israeli Foreign Ministry disclosed that it had formally requested additional US military aid worth US$1,000 million to offset defence costs incurred as a result of the crisis . |
| 6 | The problem is that it would be very hard to justify the cost : much of this could go on after students arrived , and the course modified as it went along . |
| 7 | April 1992 saw the car completed and it passed its MOT with flying colours . |
| 8 | Delay was anticipated , loss accepted , requests repeated lest they miscarry and appreciation restressed lest it appear forgotten . |
| 9 | Bert knew that Mrs Tremayne wanted a fence repaired and it seemed an excellent opportunity to use his sudden free time by visiting Four Winds . |
| 10 | The car protested as it settled into muddy pools , heaved itself out , scraped through fields of boulders and crossed innumerable rickety bamboo bridges . |
| 11 | But the deal collapsed when it reached an advanced stage an advanced . |
| 12 | As our awareness of ‘ the environment ’ has gown , so has the meaning given to the term expanded until it has come to signify the whole of the non-cultural world . |
| 13 | After various numbers of trials the dog had its salivation measured after it had heard the sound , even though it was not fed on that occasion . |
| 14 | Suddenly the boat dipped as it hit a swell and she staggered , cannoning heavily against Luke before reeling towards the rail . |
| 15 | After a minute or so the plastic card split where it bent , and Forester had to pull it out carefully . |
| 16 | Leonora gripped a rail with white-knuckled hands when the boat bucked as it met the wilder waters of the sound . |
| 17 | And the programme ended as it dropped onto the fire to a chorus from the rest of Alf 's family of ‘ unclean , unclean ’ . |
| 18 | Elsewhere , FT-SE 's four-day record run halted and it closed at 2764.5 , down 27 . |
| 19 | ‘ We 'd better get that cool-box unpacked before it melts , ’ Ruth breathed as Fernando moved his lips from her mouth to her throat . |
| 20 | The choir stalls were each carefully sculptured and the wood polished till it shone like burnished gold . |
| 21 | The sooty plume from its stack flattened as it grumbled under the bridge , and Mungo caught a last glimpse of the redskin , still absorbing scandal and sport . |
| 22 | The Institute indicated when it commissioned the report that it would make every effort to adopt its proposals wherever possible , and has already agreed on action in a number of areas . |
| 23 | But it came too late for him to do anything about it , for when he straightened up and turned towards the bank the bullet hit him in the chest and his body seemed to disintegrate and fly in all directions , and he knew that death was on him and that it was something that divided you into a million parts and each fragment screamed as it flung itself into eternity . |
| 24 | It claims : ‘ The South Glamorgan Health Authority will be unable to function with the proper degree of independence required if it has a spy in the camp in the personage of the minister 's secretary . ’ |
| 25 | She heard her name called from below , the sound distorted as it echoed from the depths . |
| 26 | ‘ At Doncaster the buffet was closed , the waiting room looked like it had n't been cleaned for three months , the staff locked themselves in a room and every time we heard an engine and dashed out it was pulling coal wagons . ’ |
| 27 | After a normal steep climb-out , at about 120m the aircraft 's nose dropped and it dived into the ground killing all three crew and destroying the aircraft . |
| 28 | As the nose of the aircraft was raised and some right bank smoothly applied the aircraft was observed to flick suddenly to the right to ninety degrees of bank , whereupon the nose dropped and it descended steeply to the ground . |
| 29 | She pushed the yoke forward and the plane 's nose dipped as it started descending towards the runway . |
| 30 | They were unprepared to accept the structure of the initial conference proposed since it excluded and therefore tended to outlaw further the DRA regime . |