Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [conj] it [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I mean it 's such a variety and it 's involved both face to face and direct sales that er er I know I stopped you right in the middle of your spiel there .
2 Yes , you can rely on the various methods by which you draw a shape on a chart and it tells you automatically how many stitches and rows you need but for those machines that are not so sophisticated you are left with simple maths .
3 No one had wanted to believe that Paula 's beauty went right through her more than Sally did for she was a shining golden idol as well as a sister and it had been a shock to Sally when she had at last been forced to concede , in private at least , that the other girls might have been right in the accusations they made .
4 That 's a function as it stands .
5 Gesner fought a bit but it did n't work .
6 I mean it may have pleased the Irish government a bit but it 's got implications both domestically and internationally .
7 It may have been driven around a bit before it entered the water .
8 Well Fred 's got my Graham Thomas because it really is a superb rose but as well as that I would go for hybrid musk and I think of all the hybrid musk , my favourite is Felicia because of that silvery pink , lovely double shaped flower and that is very very heavily scented and I would have to have the bourbon rose the th the double white creamy white bourbon rose , if , you could almost eat that , that wo n't get more than about six foot and you can prune it to keep it in shape a bit if it begins to get too straggly .
9 I took the pins from my hair to dry it a bit and it sprang free .
10 But , he argued , the Bank would be on to a winner once it started collecting , and selling , 12 tonnes of paper per week .
11 The tribunal will only allow a trader 's appeal against such a direction if it considers that Customs could not reasonably have been satisfied : for example , if Customs have ignored a relevant matter or if they have taken an irrelevant matter into account .
12 Philip hoisted it with a stick so it hung over the branch of a tree .
13 It is a necessity because it provides the opportunity for reflection on how well you have carried out various tasks and whether there are better ways of doing things .
14 The committee had previously deferred a decision while it sought the views of the police .
15 The reason for this is interesting , and worth a digression because it provides a good genetic analogy .
16 Another novelty is the secure access feature , which prompts you for a password when it auto-answers an incoming data .
17 The Justice Department faces a struggle as it seeks at secret meetings to persuade big national operators like Browning-Ferris and Laidlaw Industries to bid for commercial garbage-collection contracts .
18 It is important to recognise that this should not be an absolute proscription : some fine writers of English use and at the beginning of a sentence when it suits their purposes , e.g. :
19 To verify or disprove that therapeutic vaccines can induce an anti-HIV immune response of such a kind that it has clinical , positive consequences ; and
20 Any tribunal might err in a finding that it makes : no tribunal is infallible .
21 It 's a trick but it helps it took all the
22 Despite his great wealth , John did n't miss a trick when it came to cutting the cost of exporting costumes from England .
23 if you go in a freezer and it shrivels so then if you go in the fridge
24 I mean it 's just like Aston is , it is , is , it 's , it 's a university but it has n't been a university for that long , it was a technological institute before
25 They may range from a brief mention of a thirteenth-century tithe barn near the manor house , to a fully detailed true-to-scale plan of a building as it existed in earlier times , but which is now changed .
26 It 'd be a leet and it carried the water .
27 13 This shape is called a hexagon because it has six sides .
28 Cos I I got a watch and it says five past twelve , but it 's more than that !
29 Thank you and all the other rhymesters , including those who thought that kettle is a watch because it rhymes with metal !
30 But they are no longer sure what they can do to prevent a break-up if it comes .
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