Example sentences of "[prep] it [adv] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries garnet jewellery , much of it then using cut stones , enjoyed a notable vogue among the rising middle classes requiring red stones but unable to afford rubies until these became available in good synthetic form during the present century . |
| 2 | Occasionally a gelding , or even a mare , may be so aggressive that there is a real possibility of it seriously injuring another horse , especially if there are shelter sheds another horse can be trapped in , although for some horses even the corner of the paddock is enough . |
| 3 | Despite Leon 's words , despite my certain knowledge that the spirit of Francis had sailed after its living son away , down the drive , out of Sleet to freedom , I entered Leon 's room determined to winnow some vestige of that poor ghost , Francis 's ghost , from what I would find in there ; and , having found it , perhaps my intention was to sit with it awhile uttering such emptinesses as , I 'm sorry and , Forgive me . |
| 4 | The ones that I did want with turtles on it never had any socks . |
| 5 | It was now 6.22am , and their ETA at Koepang was 7.15am , so Wood decided that altering course any further was not worthwhile , as they were near enough to Timor for it not to make much difference . |
| 6 | She asked him whether he would see the film and ‘ issue a statement about it both to encourage anxious parents and to ensure that the Church was seen to be caring about the matter ’ . |
| 7 | ‘ So give , ’ Steve husked , obviously still feeling his loss and talking about it not helping one bit . |