Example sentences of "[vb -s] [prep] it [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Goes for it in that sort of way . |
| 2 | Inspector Finch looks for it in various places . |
| 3 | Kardamíli seemed a good base , since the author himself writes of it with such affection . |
| 4 | Anyway I wo n't say any more because I 'll other people will eventually go but Hugh Berger is a gentleman who owns it or who lives in it at this time |
| 5 | It 's the oldest lyrical theme in the world and David Gedge adheres to it with laudable steadfastness . |
| 6 | Then he gallops towards it at terrific speed . |
| 7 | Well , of course , it is inevitable that one thinks of it from that angle from the way one has been brought up but actually one ca n't think of anything more barbaric than the Crucifixion and that way of killing somebody . |
| 8 | In that horrid state , the mind may be considered as a city without walls , open to every insult , and paying homage to every invader ; every idea that then starts with any force , becomes a reality ; and the reason , over fatigued with its former importunities , makes no head against the tyrannical invasion , but submits to it from mere imbecility . |
| 9 | A variation on the ring topology is the ‘ star ’ topology , where either the file server or a special network ‘ exchange ’ box sits in the middle and cable radiates from it to each workstation . |
| 10 | A star topology is where the file server ( or a special network ‘ exchange ’ box ) sits in the middle and cable radiates from it to each workstation |
| 11 | And erm you 've got that Harrogate goes into it in some detail . |
| 12 | An inner door remains shut but air filters through it via two mesh panels . |
| 13 | Any other small mammal of this size would quickly be squashed to death , but when he steps off it after several minutes , the hero shrew reveals that it is still very much alive by trying to escape . |
| 14 | ‘ This , ’ complained Wedderburn , ‘ gives him vast uneasiness , for if he is ordered abroad before he gets his Post he dispairs of it for some time . ’ |
| 15 | Presumably the loch — lochan , rather , for it is not large — is fed by springs eternally replenished by the rain , for nothing flows into it except small burns seeping through rush and bog myrtle , which spread after storm into sodden quagmires of moss . |
| 16 | She gazes at it in mild dislike . |
| 17 | At night she leaves her bed , lights a lamp , and gazes at it from all points of view . |