Example sentences of "[adv] it [verb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly it plunged into the water and , a swift streak , returned to its perch with a silver fish in its dagger-bill . |
| 2 | Suddenly it rushed at the tree , leapt onto a low branch , and ran up the trunk . |
| 3 | It hovered for a few moments , then suddenly it dropped to the floor with a tinkle and broke in two . |
| 4 | He knows that Grampian regional council is bound by statute to say how much it got from the sale ; it can not simply say that it will not tell anyone . |
| 5 | She had never liked the arrangement that had installed her in the Ward household , but having heard the tragic story , and knowing how much it meant to the woman who had rescued her from a life of loneliness , how could she refuse ? |
| 6 | Basically it provided for the care and treatment of the mentally disordered through the NHS under the central direction of the Minister of Health . |
| 7 | Basically it consists in a failure in the ego by means of which inner , subjective sensations become confused with those originating in the outside world — an observation which reveals how close projection is to thoroughgoing hallucination ( with which it is , of course , frequently allied in paranoia ) . |
| 8 | You can not put a time on how long it takes for a swimfeeder to empty . |
| 9 | But just how long it takes for the heat to flow out will depend on how well your home is insulated and draught proofed . |
| 10 | But just how long it takes for the heat to flow out will depend on how well insulated and draughtproofed your home is . |
| 11 | How long it continued as a workhouse I know not , but records were kept up till 1795 . |
| 12 | Semantically , the less of a notional component the verb has , the more naturally it goes with the theme as a foundation-laying element . |
| 13 | Or perhaps it belonged to a child who was under rubble . |
| 14 | Perhaps it goes through a tunnel and squirts itself out into another universe somewhere else . |
| 15 | Perhaps it speaks to a part of our mind that does not know about self-control — a part that remembers the time when we were entirely in someone else 's power and they , in a certain sense , were in ours . |
| 16 | Perhaps it appealed to the rest of them because it 's very fast . ’ |
| 17 | Perhaps it stems from a sensation that I am in some way making a prediction of awful catastrophe , and not just telling a story . |
| 18 | Perhaps it consists in the ability to respond intelligently to the language of others . |
| 19 | That 's fine , I 'd had , on the subject of this boycotting timber , erm I know of two instances at least where Oxford City Council are still using tropical hardwoods , and I wonder , I mean , you know , obviously it goes against the grain of the signing of the tropical hardwood . |
| 20 | If you 've read the policy obviously it details in the policy exactly what is covered and , as I say , depending on the premium paid depends on the type of cover that they have . |
| 21 | If only it holds for a while . ’ |
| 22 | So it came as no surprise that the first chants of ‘ Flashman out ’ were heard just two minutes into a contest in which the long ball was essential in atrocious conditions . |
| 23 | so it came as no surprise when Audrey Roberts decided that enough was enough and stormed out , leaving Alf puzzled and in the lurch . |
| 24 | So it gets to the end of the line and it will come back and adjust itself and go under the the |
| 25 | So it applied to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations for some aid . |
| 26 | So we 've got corruption in us probably so it depends upon the degree |
| 27 | So it points towards an infection but it does n't prove it . |
| 28 | Blanche shrugged sympathetically , or so it seemed to the sergeant , as if to say , ‘ I understand . |
| 29 | With this as the acquired recording , it was exceedingly difficult — or so it seemed at the time — to slip down from the stress-filled beta-waves of everyday living , to those desired alpha-waves of mental quiet and healing . |
| 30 | Or so it seemed at the time . |