Example sentences of "it [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course when it got heated it used to blow and it used to blow all the burning debris all over . |
| 2 | And when I asked him what would happen if it got known he just smiled and said I could talk if I wanted to . |
| 3 | He had claimed his case would be prejudiced if it became known he was refusing to answer questions about Maxwell companies . |
| 4 | As soon as it became known who was missing , the media had a field-day , ’ he explained . |
| 5 | The noise it made caused her heart to leap into her throat , and it certainly startled the intruder . |
| 6 | Without it doctors said she 'd only live till she was about eleven or twelve . |
| 7 | The vessel was said to have been intelligence gathering and the damage it sustained caused it to release oil and form another , though smaller , slick to float about the Gulf . |
| 8 | But it has dragged its heels on implementing a training scheme . |
| 9 | She has always relied on instinct , and for 55 years it has served her well . |
| 10 | After it has served its purpose , though , this sign stimulus is replaced by associative learning with a far more detailed picture of the flower . |
| 11 | The sixth principle , that ‘ personal data held for any purpose or purposes shall not be kept longer than is necessary for that purpose or those purposes ’ , follows from its predecessors and places a heavy responsibility on data users to ensure that they regularly weed out data once it has served its purpose . |
| 12 | However , if the advice you 've just read triggered off even one thought along the lines of ‘ Oh , I must remember that ’ then it has served its purpose by breaking the myth that all there is to electronic publishing is a piece of software and that anyone can use it . |
| 13 | ‘ … a great deal of academic research work is never heard of again once it has served its basic purpose of obtaining another qualification for its originator . ’ |
| 14 | It has served its country dutifully for over 30 years and we are delighted to be its new custodians . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It has served me perfectly well thus far as it is , Miss Kenton , though I appreciate your thoughts . |
| 16 | In the early sixteenth century , Pope Leo X is on record as declaring : ‘ It has served us well , this myth of Christ . ’ |
| 17 | It is a superbly-run event staged upon a sumptuous golf course , and although it is the youngest of the four major championships , it has built itself a tradition founded on the legendary career of Bobby Jones . |
| 18 | But now it has revealed its plans for the next generation of VAXes to be built around the new Alpha RISC chip , DEC is again keen to push the advantages of staying with VAX . |
| 19 | In the UK , Misys subsidiary , T IS Software Ltd , Slough , Berkshire , says it has ported its Strategix financial and distribution system to Sequent Computer 's Symmetry series — Sequent reseller , Cambridge Online Applications Ltd becomes a Strategix VAR . |
| 20 | It has turned its back on the elitism of many consumer organisations and has based itself on a democratic structure in which the voluntary efforts of the members determine policy and action . |
| 21 | She in turn feels she has painted best when ‘ the ’ dog appears as though it has turned its head to the viewer and is gazing back ’ . |
| 22 | But now I have him in my corner it has turned my career around . |
| 23 | Now I have him in my corner and it has turned my career around . |
| 24 | So clueless and incompetent , so capable of mismanagement that it has turned it into an art form . ’ |
| 25 | The Scottish Examination Board is so concerned about the advent of the ‘ clever ’ calculator that it has redrafted its regulations to schools for maths exams . |
| 26 | ‘ But to be honest it has broken my heart to leave Bangor . |
| 27 | The function of hypocrisy in the initial stage of usurping legitimacy is now clear ; once it has gained its desires , evil can afford to declare itself . |
| 28 | In Spain , the party that might hold the balance of power after the general election on June 6th , the Communist-dominated United Left , has reservations about the treaty , though it has dressed them up as criticism of the government for refusing to call a referendum on it . |
| 29 | The analysis of religion as such shows that in the Christian faith it has received its highest , clearest and fullest expression . |
| 30 | The government has bombarded savers with opportunities to buy shares — generally on the cheap — in recognisable and profitable enterprises , it has tempted them with a succession of tax breaks designed to promote share ownership , and it has presided over the most sustained equity bull market of modern times . |