Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [subord] it [verb] " 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 | I dug a comb out of my bag and adjusted the driving mirror so I could sort out my hair before it dried frizzy . |
| 3 | I 'm gon na get a proper conditioner for my hair cos it do n't look ! |
| 4 | Conditioners for my hair because it gets really dry and definitely lipstick , I have to have my red lippy . |
| 5 | I was thinking of having extensions actually , in my hair till it grew . |
| 6 | Although the subject was never directly mentioned , it was subtly intimated in various ways that I was beholden to the Parsons for what was after all a free holiday , and was therefore expected to do rather more than my bit when it came to chauffeuring , chaperoning , shopping and suchlike chores . |
| 7 | ‘ She once mended my watch when it went wrong — ’ Malcolm was old-fashioned and liked watches made about ninety years ago in Switzerland by little hunch-backed men . |
| 8 | The two eldest kids are doing as well as they can and are bearing up as best as can be expected , ’ she said ‘ But my youngest boy has n't left my side since it happened . |
| 9 | Yeah but it 'd be my it 'd be my fault if it broke . |
| 10 | While I put my purchases on the sliding counter he kept patting the inside of my thigh until it drove me to desperation . |
| 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 | I was packing my kit when it dawned on me that the squad session would be over before I got there and that I would be concerned mainly with being kitted out as a member of the World Cup squad ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ But I decided to take my chance when it came and make it hard for Paul to get back . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd wait and take my chance when it came . |
| 21 | I felt the side of my head where it had hit the bus shelter ; a bruise was forming and my eye felt sore . |
| 22 | Caduta 's parting words to me — she delivered them like a war bride or mother , keeping pace with my cab as it pulled away — were as follows : " Protect me , John ! |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | 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 |
| 27 | There were no bandages large enough in the wheelbarrow to make a cold compress , so I poured water on my sock where it touched the inflammation , but the water filled my boot and left the sock barely damp . |
| 28 | An information board allowed me to keep everyone up-to-date on my progress , stimulate interest and heighten awareness of my role as it developed . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | There was a hangnail at the side of my thumb and now I took it between my teeth and tore it off so that the blood ran , leaving a scarlet spotting on my dress where it bloused out above my waist . |