Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb -s] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is sometimes suggested that the absence of note-taking can be a help to the informant , in that it frees him from the inhibiting effects of a recorder and a notebook . |
| 2 | The matches are made of a wood so flimsy that it reminds me of the balsa with which I tried , unsuccessfully , to build model aeroplanes . |
| 3 | The fourth and most important implication of the placebo response is that it reminds us of the beneficial effect of the successful physician-patient encounter . |
| 4 | Mr President I move this special report on behalf of the C E C on the basis that it provides us with the framework to build on the excellent record that the G M B has on improving health , safety and environmental standards at the workplace . |
| 5 | The numbers attending are still disappointing but I believe that it is fully justified if for no other reason than that it provides us with the best — and most cost effective — corporate publicity we are likely to obtain . |
| 6 | I found the way here when I was a boy , and it spoils you for the human world . |
| 7 | Once again , having selected the fax as the print device , you ‘ print ’ to it and it asks you for the address details . |
| 8 | good descriptive booklet and it tells you on the back , in actual fact I 've got some handouts here which you can pick up when we 've finished the talk , okay ? |
| 9 | So it , it , it 's a , it goes much beyond merely a kind of er , cliche , of saying , all people can be sometimes good or people can be sometimes bad , and it tells you about the specific way in which this th this comes about . |
| 10 | Although he controls other animals — horses and dogs — he is never able to catch the hart alive , and it escapes him in the moment of death . |
| 11 | ‘ Once , against Swindon a couple of seasons ago , there 's this fat cunt and Geoff 's standing outside the ground before the match and this cunt bungs a bit of old dog shit he 's found by a hall at him and it hits him on the arm … |
| 12 | I turn round , and it hits me between the eyes . |
| 13 | When I move on to three eight one , three eight two there 's a lot of things been said about these benefits this morning which does n't leave much left for me but looking at the situation of the way this Tory government has in the last thirteen years , certainly since nineteen eighty two crucified the benefits paid genuinely to people is in itself a crime upon society and it reminds me of the the words of the song it 's the rich that get the gravy and it 's the poor that get the blame and nothing , but nothing has changed since those words were written many many years ago . |
| 14 | Erm tin does n't rust and it protects it from the air and water , you get 'em |
| 15 | ‘ Give us a couple o' bob an' I 'll come up the stairs an' carry the bloody fing dawn , even if it kills me in the process . |
| 16 | If it sells it to the Third World , it destroys local economies . |
| 17 | If it wakes him in the night , he gets angry , I 've heard him , not the actual words , just the voice low and terrible . |
| 18 | And what 's the point of a journey that seems very pleasant if it gets you to the wrong place ! |
| 19 | But it will prove to be a necessary and worthwhile one if it leads us in the direction of a less doctrinaire and therefore more properly educational form of antiracism . |
| 20 | I think it 's unfair to anybody to show up with a tape recorder and ask them on the spot cos it puts them on the spot . |
| 21 | Well the speeds it achieves wo n't actually take it into the air … but it takes it into the record books . |
| 22 | but it tells you on the thing , it , a white thing with a line through it |
| 23 | Mm , so what if could erm , could come up with a policy , that you pay your premiums in , but it covers you for the whole of your life . |
| 24 | I see no cause for alarm unless it does it during the day , or shows signs of sickness . |
| 25 | ‘ We need him as president because it takes him off the streets , ’ said his close pal , David Leopoulis . |
| 26 | I 'm pleased you think that because it gets me off the hook now . |
| 27 | Obvious because it stares you in the face as you walk in to the corrie , and also because you can see that the icicle has n't quite formed despite rumours that it does . |
| 28 | It 's a favourite because it reminds me of the most exciting part of political campaigning : the roadshow . |
| 29 | He wrote that it was ‘ not cruel to animals but , rather , indulgent to men … since it absolves them of the suspicion of crime when they eat or kill animals ’ . |
| 30 | But to go to the other extreme and elevate people suffering from such abnormalities into a norm for society not only threatens society but is dangerous to the individuals themselves , since it excludes them from the consideration of help and treatment . |