Example sentences of "[num ord] [noun sg] it [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the fourteenth century it even penetrated as far as Prague and Krakow . |
| 2 | meant to be moving onto the tenth and eleventh floor it only takes them a short time to save time on that or , or cut down on your labour as usual . |
| 3 | As early as 14 September 1939 , Jonas Barrington in the Daily Express described this voice that called from Germany , though in the first instance it probably belonged to Norman Baillie-Stewart : ‘ He speaks English of the haw-haw , dammit-get-out-of-my-way-variety , and his strong suit is gentlemanly indignation . ’ |
| 4 | At first glance it also looks like the perfect market of classic economic theory , where all potential buyers and sellers are simultaneously in touch with each other and able to agree the most acceptable price to meet their requirements . |
| 5 | That first night it suddenly dawned on me that they were there for me . |
| 6 | At first sight it certainly seems wasteful in such circumstances to require the decision-maker to decide again , and in some cases refusal of relief might be justifiable . |
| 7 | This request was obviously not well received , for at the bottom of the letter is the hand-written comment : ‘ At first sight it certainly appears a bad case of body snatching , but I assume this is not so . ’ |
| 8 | I claim no copyright for the expression , but since first hearing it regularly find myself considering people in terms of whether they are ‘ earthed ’ or not . |
| 9 | Anyway Rick spent what seemed like an eternity before he got the fish near the net but when it showed for the first time it soon became apparent why it had been so stubborn , the fish was massive ! |
| 10 | Hoare said last night it now expected to be trimming its full year forecast back from the £30m pencilled in so far . |
| 11 | ‘ When the police told me everything I had been doing over the last month it totally freaked me out . ’ |
| 12 | Only last year it suddenly shut its Speedlink service for individual wagonloads of freight . |
| 13 | They can also carry on getting credit through a special ‘ debtor-in-possession ’ facility : when Campeau , a highly leveraged Canadian-owned retailer , filed for chapter 11 last year it quickly got $700m of credit , which kept its Federated and Allied stores open for business . |
| 14 | Last year it only sold 5,500 houses in 12 months , but this year it has already sold 4,160 houses in the first five months . |
| 15 | Last year it almost happened over London . |