Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] it [v-ing] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was an indication of It facing both ways , torn between a youth culture stumbling around politics and the embers of 1967 .
2 This has to be the most awesome wall around , so get down there and get cranking — be warned though , within four hours of it opening four people had damaged their tendons : remember always to warm up first !
3 So , if you would be so kind as to get into a position where you can see what I 'm doing without being too close it means that if we do splash any acid by accident er the likelihood of it causing any problems to anyone are minimal .
4 Since the perestroika process began , the Soviet economy has followed a steady course downwards , and there seems no prospect at the moment of it reversing that process .
5 He declined to speculate on dates , except to say that he saw no sign of it happening next year ( 1992 ) ; there was too much backlog to be mopped up .
6 The board considered that although the investigation ordered by the Chief Executive on 18 October 1990 is not yet complete the imposition of the restrictions referred to above is necessary in the interests of investors given the evidence before it highlighting serious deficiencies in Norwich Union 's internal systems for monitoring the performance of the Winchester Group and in particular ensuring that the Winchester Group complied with the Code of Conduct .
7 What was the object , I know we discussed it at great length , but what was the object of it going that way in the first place ?
8 % ( hatching ) : connects string of specified x , y coordinates defining the outline of a polygon and hatches inside it using specified line spacing and angle .
9 A rainforest receives at least 4,000mm of rain every year , 200mm of it falling each month for ten months .
10 ‘ I would n't have given odds on it lasting ten minutes , ’ he says of the programme 's early days .
11 There 's always a danger that you 've , you 've , it 's a fine balance between it creating more work , so it actually causes more problems .
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