Example sentences of "[noun sg] [v-ing] it [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Blind off the sub-base with a layer of coarse sand allowing it to fill the remaining holes .
2 The Crown Princess of Jordan opened an exhibition of his work saying it captured the real colour of life .
3 The style is emotive but the intellectual understanding informing it has an astringent clarity which is very moving .
4 Quorshi commented that companies would only do this when they were satisfied that both the PC product and the company selling it had the proper standing .
5 Every day a compromise is effected on the ground that the party making it has a fair chance of succeeding in it , and if he bona fide believes he has a fair chance of success he has a reasonable ground for suing , and his forbearance to sue will constitute a good consideration .
6 Ownership of this asset accordingly conferred unchallengeable power and influence on a comparative minority , while at the same time working it gave the overwhelming majority of the population their livelihood .
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