Example sentences of "[prep] it [coord] [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 | 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 . |
| 6 | Jan just beat Bruce to it and both men laughed . |
| 7 | They attached a range of meanings to it and these meanings directed their actions . |
| 8 | Well if you sit on it and four legs go in different fucking directions |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And there was a draw tickets for it and old Jack won it ! . |
| 13 | John Major is reported to have ‘ unprintable ’ feelings about it and many ministers have expressed annoyance . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |