Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] it [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am leading you along the path I had to tread to find the most suitable disease , for only in this way can I be sure that the reader understands the nature of the ultimate decision and the ludicrousness of any attempt to confuse it with my own stick and gloves or any prior misinformation regarding the state of my own health . |
| 2 | Finally his eye was caught by the billowing of Izzie 's blue dress , as the wind pressed it against her thin , flat-chested body . |
| 3 | Defoe mentions it in his Northern Tour , 1724 . |
| 4 | As the Local Government Chronicle put it in its leading article of 1 November : ’ To introduce poll tax is a mistake , to bring in council tax is a disaster . ’ |
| 5 | As it goes to do so , the bug stabs it with its dagger-shaped mouth-parts . |
| 6 | They spent an additional £45,000 on renovating it — although the beacon needs more work to restore it to its former glory . |
| 7 | One coach only needs a small amount of work to restore it to its original condition , but the other requires extensive work . |
| 8 | Formerly a private hotel , it has needed only a little work to convert it to its new use . |
| 9 | The general purpose database manager like SUPERFILE , needs a bit of work to configure it to your own particular needs . |
| 10 | The fate awaiting someone pitched from his horse in such a place might be blood-poisoning , ‘ being dreadfully venom 'd by rolling in slake ’ , as William Hall put it in his nineteenth-century fen doggerel . |
| 11 | In this sample , however , not one parent wanted it for their own child , and in general they were more prescriptive about what was morally correct for other parents here than on any other issue . |
| 12 | Current ideas of the structure of water visualize it as being composed of a random network of molecules linked together by hydrogen bonds ( Figure 7 ) , some of which are strained or even broken , but with a general structure not unlike that which is found in ordinary ice , also known as hexagonal ice to distinguish it from its variant form , cubic ice , which is formed at lower temperatures . |
| 13 | We got some recognition from the other guitarists but did n't really have the foresight to make it into something big . |
| 14 | [ 12 ] Most dog owners have had the misfortune to see it in their own pets in a dog fight . |
| 15 | Even in making oneself more aware in preparation for a choice , it will be enough that one can identify which would be the relatively stronger inclination in the fullest attainable awareness ; there will be no need to experience it in its full intensity or to prolong it after the choice . |
| 16 | Well if you stop crying and ask for it properly and you do n't mind if mummy or daddy do it for you that 's fine . |
| 17 | One of the band gave it to him earlier . |
| 18 | But Coleridge soon discovered the shortcomings of Clevedon , and especially the inconvenient distance separating it from his literary friends in Bristol , and from the indispensable Bristol City Library . |
| 19 | ‘ Maybe there will be someone to fill Lineker 's shoes in years to come but at the moment the replacements must be given a chance to do it in their own time . ’ |
| 20 | He 'd paid countless prostitutes to satisfy his craving , but never had a woman done it of her own will , until Jacqui . |
| 21 | Oh ! hear me witness that my heart is set on higher things ; it would sail into far seas unvisited of man , but always there is this anchor of the flesh chaining it to its native shore . ’ |
| 22 | Corbett pushed the meat through and watched the leading dog seize it in his huge jaws , throwing it up and devouring it , the blood streaming down his black , slavering mouth . |
| 23 | The rose is one of our national flowers and this month sees it in its full glory . |
| 24 | " It 's as though the bio-tech industry had given the Commission its wish-list , and the Commission turned it into their basic position paper " said MEP Hiltrud Breyer . |
| 25 | And if we look at the planets of our solar system , lo and behold , every single one of them is travelling at exactly the right velocity to keep it in its stable orbit around the Sun . |
| 26 | Without it she was cold , but simply had n't the energy or inclination to weave it into anything new and warm . |
| 27 | Robert Burns called John Tennant , ‘ a worthy , intelligent farmer , my father 's friend and my own ’ and his regard is borne out by the fact that when he was offered tenancy of Ellisland Farm , Dumfries , it was to John Tennant he turned for advice ; they travelled together to the farm and after an inspection , the older man recommended it to his young friend . |
| 28 | It should be collected primarily because government needs it for its own businesses . ’ |
| 29 | The National Assembly elects a 31-member Council of State to represent it between its twice-yearly ordinary sessions ; the President of the Council of State is the head of state . |
| 30 | The National Assembly elects from its members a 31-member Council of State to represent it between its twice-yearly ordinary sessions ; the President of the Council of State is the head of state . |