Example sentences of "it [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 31 | From this secure position , it extends a long tube , its siphon , along the tunnel and into the open water to suck in a current that brings with it minute particles of food . |
| 32 | Indeed , it shares with it some elements of decoration , e.g. a band of wavecrest pattern around the central roundel . |
| 33 | At this stage we should look briefly at the third and final possibility , and with it some cases we shall not be discussing in this book . |
| 34 | If a dog wants food , for example when you are preparing a meal , then it may well start to whine until you give it some scraps . |
| 35 | It is also a good idea to give it some toys . |
| 36 | ‘ You 'd better buy it some flowers . |
| 37 | And so , it some ways , it is : ‘ In any communication situation , the individual who can monopolize the communication is likely to have more power , and thus exert more influence . ’ |
| 38 | It some ways it was worse than when she 'd fled Rocamar because now there was this new memory to contend with , and she had seen how marvellous Marc looked even in the chaos of a big city , away from the romantic backdrop of the mountains . |
| 39 | Around it some villagers were drinking their departed companion 's health , and by the looks of them were almost as senseless as the corpse they were mourning . |
| 40 | One at Duisker has a flat stone slab on the ground to the north of it some yards away ; standing on the slab and looking over the upright stone points to Kildalton but is there any significance ? |
| 41 | In these days of concern for the environment I am unwilling to use peat ( though I did try it some years ago and found my plants made little headway anyway ) . |
| 42 | There was a possibility that we might record it some years ago — such great music , no wonder Wagner was overwhelmed by it ! |
| 43 | The other hands stopped dead when my shovel fell on it some years ago . ’ |
| 44 | It had started out as a ship 's boiler but Selwyn had acquired it some years before to ensure a plentiful supply of soft water for his garden . |
| 45 | The swelling letters pages were occupied with responses to Michael Eaves , a correspondent who had suggested axing the ‘ What 's Happening ’ section , record reviews , and ads from the paper — which would have neatly killed it some years before its time — led by a contribution from one of It 's founders , David Mairowitz , ‘ who broke his b***s [ asterisks his ] seeing that It 1–10 got put together and printed . ’ |
| 46 | If a suntan is top of that list give it top marks — after all , this is where the Spanish sun comes for its holiday . |
| 47 | We also gave it top marks for looks . |
| 48 | And as a result has awarded it top marks and a prestigious regional Quality Brickwork Award . |
| 49 | ( It is frequently used : Chirac used it 22 times in 1987 ; it was used 43 times between 1986 and 1988 . ) |
| 50 | LUCA CUMANI improved his impressive Brighton record when the strapping Declassified made it 22 winners from 40 runners at the track in five years for the Newmarket trainer . |
| 51 | None of them had been the kind of people who could have imagined devotion to a pet animal or according to it funerary rites . |
| 52 | He was cutting it proper shapes you know like they are today . |
| 53 | Anyone getting it wrong drops out of the game . |
| 54 | ‘ He got it wrong Wigs by Clarkson as if it mattered . |
| 55 | It further calls for discussion within the trade union movement on this question , with a view to dispelling the myths that surround homosexuality . |
| 56 | ‘ I asked the son how he knew how much was stolen and he said he last counted it 12 months ago . ’ |
| 57 | On the one hand are those adult educators who see in it exciting possibilities to extend the concept of adult learning , making it more relevant to the issues and problems facing ‘ disadvantaged ’ groups , helping them to participate more effectively in society , gaining more recognition and resources , removing gross inequalities and injustices . |
| 58 | Digitisation brings with it exciting possibilities for the archival scholar . |
| 59 | I 'll give you examples perhaps of none , none of these I must admit I , I do n't , I do n't think , they 're not my style I much more my page my training tend to have just two or three points on it rubber stamps on the side flipchart all this sort of stuff big question . |
| 60 | The choreographer can make an overall rhythm fur a long phrase of music and within it shorter phrases . |