Example sentences of "[prep] it [conj] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the words of Lord Greene in Davies v Collins [ 1945 ] 1 All ER 247 : Whether or not in any given contract performance can properly be carried out by the employment of a sub-contractor , must depend on the proper inference to be drawn from the contract itself , the subject matter of it and other material surrounding circumstances . |
| 2 | Sparks flew from it and shadowy figures cried : ‘ Look out . ’ |
| 3 | The Express and the Mail saw the Empire Crusade as a means of uniting the Empire by encouraging free trade within it and both newspapers gave publicity and financial support to those by-election candidates who promised to uphold that line in Parliament . |
| 4 | Only those who know what they are looking for will stumble upon it and this seclusion exerted a strong appeal on the Ashleys . |
| 5 | The others took it up , humming or singing , and walked in time to it until old Donald got breathless and they had to saunter for a while . |
| 6 | Can you just explain how that would work though 'cos we 're now erm , auditing by job , are n't we , and given I do n't know the audit timetable I ca n't visualise the effect this would have but it seems that one could be making a change 'cos a particular , a job 's been audited and it effects Q P1 , or something one month , and therefore you make changes to it and another job 's audited the second , another month , the second month and Q P1 needs changing again , and it , in terms of keeping our staff with us , it will be quite conf , I think it 's not terribly practical to keep having constant change . |
| 7 | Jan just beat Bruce to it and both men laughed . |
| 8 | They attached a range of meanings to it and these meanings directed their actions . |
| 9 | Well if you sit on it and four legs go in different fucking directions |
| 10 | A broad terrace ran round it with tufts of herbs growing on it and broken steps leading down on to the ruins of a lawn . |
| 11 | Although behind them was a six-foot-high beer-bottle , with the red-lettered statement ‘ A Man 's Drink ! ’ across it , they superimposed upon it a silent and rocky country where there was always a wind blowing with a touch of rain on it and few birds sang . |
| 12 | Parallels between it and such English works as the Alphonso Psalter ( c.1284–1300 ) reflect the very close connections between English and northern French manuscript painting and book production from which the so-called ‘ court style ’ of the decades around 1300 was derived . |
| 13 | And there was a draw tickets for it and old Jack won it ! . |
| 14 | It really is n't surprising that we 're following their footsteps because the only way in the end to get anything done in this country is to protest about it because this government seems to be totally oblivious to rules of natural justice or decency . |
| 15 | John Major is reported to have ‘ unprintable ’ feelings about it and many ministers have expressed annoyance . |
| 16 | Still more rarely we go to a place simply because of what someone has written about it and that journey becomes both an expression of gratitude and a way of filling a need within ourselves . |
| 17 | Rather than glance at it as most people did , he reached out and took it gently from her grasp . |
| 18 | This process is repeated until the SSR has been distributed to the managers of all packages which are affected by it and each manager has either accepted or rejected it . |
| 19 | A formal letter of introduction from Queen 's University , Belfast , was carried , to be produced on demand as accreditation ; it proved however to be useful mainly for dealing with the security forces , since unwilling interviewees were not impressed by it and willing ones did not request it . |