Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] it [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Big brother was staying in Islington , making a living from TV comedy shows by being one of the twenty or so names that zip up the screen under where it says Additional Material By : , and trying to be a stand-up comic . |
| 2 | Start from where it says little knobs he |
| 3 | In May UNITA not only recaptured Mavinga but also switched the focus of its campaign to its military base in Béu in the north-west near the border with Zaïre , from where it received major airlifts of US supplies and equipment . |
| 4 | The new law will become effective three months from when it receives royal assent . |
| 5 | This was a shadowy body with few supporters but at least it represented definite opposition to the Japanese presence . |
| 6 | If such propitiation did not result in the sewing-up of any chinks , at least it stopped new chinks from showing through . |
| 7 | The society 's earlier style of spelling reform was certainly difficult , cumbersome and ludicrous in appearance ; but at least it provided consistent digraphs ( that is , pairs of letters for single sounds ) to replace the traditional ambiguous digraphs sh , th , aw , oo . |