Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [conj] it [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | " Lick it until it feels better and then go to sleep . " |
2 | She instantly strode across the shop and took a book from among thousands and assured me that it contained all I would ever need to know about cooking for ever . |
3 | So , I told them that it had new blades on but they wanted it really tight , and they wanted tightening up and that so yeah . |
4 | Lifting our skirts higher and higher to avoid the water we carefully dropped them as it became shallow again . |
5 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |
6 | We have adopted it because it gives greater strength and dignity and fullness to the design . |
7 | A fist flew towards him on the screen , filled it as it made apparent impact and then vanished away . |
8 | Thus where the discretionary fund management arm of a conglomerate receives confidential information from the corporate finance arm about Company X , the fund management arm may be prevented from using the information of disclosing it if it has actual knowledge of the breach of confidence or possibly where it ought to have known of the breach . |
9 | The second stone had more force behind it , but Rose took a half step back as she threw it and it went wide . |
10 | I know but looks good and I do n't like it because it looks good . |
11 | She kept hold of his arm and shook it till it became elastic and extended out of its socket like a conjuror 's string of handkerchiefs . |
12 | Equally it might be argued that since withdrawal from NATO was the last card he could play in his campaign against American influence , short of defecting from the West altogether , there were good reasons not to play it until it seemed likely to be effective or became absolutely necessary . |
13 | What it gets across to the students is that they must deal with women appropriately , hugging them or holding them if it feels natural , rather than standing back and playing doctor . ’ |
14 | If it is dry and unyielding we automatically chew it until it becomes comfortable to swallow . |
15 | The winter floods had tumbled it and it lay half in , half out , of the water . |
16 | ‘ I remember it because it had grey military markings , ’ added Duncan . |
17 | She heard a car go up the road and then still heard it as it travelled some way along the road at the top , and realised the wind must be coming from the south for the sound to come to her so distinctly . |
18 | And I pulled them and it went wrong . |
19 | Perhaps it was only that the hot climb had tired her but it seemed more than that . |
20 | The paper bag slipped , she grabbed it and it tore open at the bottom , spilling its contents onto the empty teacups near Miss Angus and turning some of them over with an attention-drawing rattle . |
21 | erm , I , I think it , because it has been warm , then you feel it when it becomes cold again , do n't you ? |
22 | So I asked for help ; I did n't like doing it but it seemed necessary . |
23 | and you can move the arrow and the cursor , that 's it an arrow and a mouse you just hit it and it expands that bit |
24 | Then turning to Elmer again : ‘ Your shmeckle ( penis ) tells you that it has another function — apart from pissing . |
25 | Ask him if it seems dead here compared to those days , and he smiles gently . |
26 | It reintroduces God , who created life , and who has no problem repairing it when it goes wrong . |
27 | I only got it cos it looked nice . |
28 | Orion informs me that it sold 60,000 of the revamped hardback , at £3.99 a copy , even before transmission had started . |
29 | To build up a shop 's reputation in the public eye ( ie to make customers more aware of the shop and the goods it offers , and to convince them that it provides good value and good service ) |
30 | ‘ It teaches you to be patient and determined , and reminds you that it takes hard work and practice when things are n't going right . ’ |