Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [conj] it [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Speaking of which , do n't you think we 'd better get this glop off my hair before it turns it green ? ’ |
| 2 | Conditioners for my hair because it gets really dry and definitely lipstick , I have to have my red lippy . |
| 3 | You have absolutely nothing at all to do with it , and I resent sometimes the implications that there is this kind of artificial competitiveness amongst actors , because it 's been my experience that it does n't exist . |
| 4 | ‘ I have only just begun discussions with Celtic over renewing my contract and it has not got to the stage of the manager making me an offer , ’ said the player whose ability to impose himself on the opposition might be thought worthy of international recognition . |
| 5 | I keep getting awful pains in my side and it makes me go all hot . |
| 6 | Versions of Locke 's doctrine of cultural relativity are still staunchly upheld by many professional anthropologists of high repute , though my demonstration that it incorporates the traditional proposition that the opposition " we " / " they " is the equivalent of " human being " / " monster " should serve as a warning . |
| 7 | Er , yes I am a person who uses public transport and I believe in it very much , but I must say that erm its very , very inconvenient , I have to rely on three different forms of public transport to get to my work and it takes twice as long as it would as if I , if I could go by car and so I can see the , the attraction of , of going by car and there are many improvements that could be made where I live for instance in , in Glasgow so that you would only have one change and not constantly shuttling to and fro between stations and buses and so forth . |
| 8 | I struggled on for a while , but I know my limitations when it comes to design , especially as we have grown to expect a high standard in QP . |
| 9 | ‘ It 's written at the front of my note-book and it says ‘ Private ’ in case you had n't noticed . ’ |
| 10 | I have to admit that I was expecting something rather special from him , but listening to the first instalment in his survey of the sonatas has only strengthened my opinion that it seems almost impossible for one pianist to attain a consistent level of achievement in all of the sonatas . |
| 11 | I do n't know what reasons brought you to me or whether they have any connection with certain events — I have my suspicions I 'll confess , but I accept it is n't any of my business unless it reaches a point where it outwardly affects me . |
| 12 | It is not perfectly clear from what Mace says what it is that he wants to contrast with my body as it appears to others . |
| 13 | He mentions ‘ my body as it appears to me ’ , and also ‘ my body as it appears to itself ’ . |
| 14 | He mentions ‘ my body as it appears to me ’ , and also ‘ my body as it appears to itself ’ . |
| 15 | What would ordinarily be meant by ‘ my body as it appears to me ’ ? |
| 16 | If Mace means what is ordinarily meant by ‘ my body as it appears to me ’ then the distinction he draws is of no use to us . |
| 17 | B : ‘ I am worried about my job because it looks as if we are going to be privatised soon and there may be redundancies . |
| 18 | Ye yes it it does , and I think I made this point in erm in my evidence that it lies at the extreme erm southeastern corner of the paddock erm and if if , This is making an assumption . |
| 19 | Of a sudden a gull which has died on the wing crashes to the sand at my feet , its feathers brushing my forehead as it falls . |
| 20 | buy you diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright I 'd get you everything my friend if it makes you feel alright I do n't care too much for money , money ca n't buy me love |
| 21 | buy you diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright I 'd get you everything my friend if it makes you feel alright I do n't care too much for money , money ca n't buy me love |
| 22 | ring my friend if it makes you feel alright it 's ace if you just sit down and listen to the old Beatles is n't it ? feel alright I do n't care too much for money , money ca n't be me love ca n't be me love |
| 23 | To hell with it , I 'll go down fighting , it will break me on my terms if it breaks me at all . |
| 24 | It was the very same story the time oor Isa sent for the stilettos very much against my advice as it happens but they were supposed to be real made-in-England leather uppers available in three colourways , aubergine , aqua or avocado well , as she said herself she was expecting green but nothing quite as Irish as they turned out in fact to be . |
| 25 | I make one remark about my life and it reverberates right through every else I do . |
| 26 | Unfortunately , I 'll probably be at the end of my life when it happens |
| 27 | ‘ I 've got my anorak and it has a hood . |
| 28 | Now I have him in my corner and it has turned my career around . |
| 29 | And then I got into this whole thing about what I call the invisible descender theory , which is a joke in my studio but it 's been going on for , you know , nearly twenty years so it 's become a law . |
| 30 | They seem to want to get a snap of me rather than you at the moment , ’ and she said , ‘ Oh , I 've had my innings and it 's been a good innings . ’ |