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 . |