Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [subord] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it passes it when it shells out . |
| 2 | Your profile is coming up very clearly indeed on the oscillograph , and the profile provokes its own continuation , did you know that , the profile moulds you as it oscillates ? |
| 3 | Hoping this finds you as it leaves me we are none of us getting any younger Yours Sincerely Fred Bottomley . |
| 4 | He he lifts it through and pulls it till it goes on his leg . |
| 5 | The old woman from the shop asks her if it fits and Marie does a couple of turns in front of the mirror . |
| 6 | The gleeful irony in the tale dominates it as it explores the character of a testy , vain man of sedentary habits changing into a comparatively humble , sensible and useful citizen . |
| 7 | ‘ The Gruncher likes his meat roasted , and the fire roasts it as it goes down . ’ |
| 8 | The cricket periodically tests the size of its acoustic horn and adjusts it until it resonates at the frequency produced by its wings — a remarkable feat since it can only gauge the efficiency of its amplifier by detecting the changes in pressure waves within the chamber . |
| 9 | At times when I look at her it strikes me as it 's got something ; not beauty , but something that goes beyond it . |
| 10 | I hope some lucky starling catches it before it evaporates . |
| 11 | She half catches it as it lands to one side of the jacuzzi . |
| 12 | Each rig crew comprises a driver , Who drives the vehicle on land , a pilot , Who operates it when it becomes a ‘ boat ’ on the water , and the youngest member , a crewman , who operates the hydraulic ramp controls and does all the deck jobs . |
| 13 | The parlourmaid likes it because it saves her … ’ |
| 14 | It 's the same job as an editor of a publication has to get writers to go along without it all sounding like he wrote it or she wrote it , and the , but a good editor can figure out how to do that and a good writer likes it because it means erm they 'll go together or work better and readers will like it , understand it . |
| 15 | It does it if it wishes to force up interest rates . |
| 16 | He hits us where it hurts . |