Example sentences of "[coord] it [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 She leant her painted face back to look at the two men standing at the sideboard , and it said much for George Banks who , turning to the old lady , said , ‘ I feel you would always be welcome in whatever company you choose , ma'am . ’
2 ‘ 'Er ’ was apparently Rose 's ma , and it seemed likely from Rose 's hints and sniffs that all the children had different dads , which , looking at Ma Bailey , fat , defeated and unlovely , Sally-Anne found difficult to believe .
3 During the following days Luke 's energy for work seemed boundless , and it took all of Merrill 's concentration to keep abreast of him .
4 Up until 1917 , the Stroganov Palace belonged to the Stroganov family and it contained one of Russia 's largest private art collections .
5 It 's passable , he says , and it leads direct to Tmjillo .
6 This is savannah ; and it covers much of Africa , India , and Australia .
7 Now more than ever England is a reluctantly cosmopolitan society , and it comes easy in England to subordinate the different experiences of sexes and nationalities to a single archetype .
8 His business contacts were being checked , but it seemed unlikely to Azadi that any of them would have been in a position to spirit the shipowner away at a moment 's notice .
9 David Kelly gets in a shot — but it went wide of Brentford 's goal
10 The United States was not a signatory in the CENTO arrangement , but it became involved in CENTO planning and some of its military committees and virtually committed itself to a military response to an attack on any of its members .
11 Delays in handling the spillage and the stricken vessel caused the movement of the slick , but it became clear by Jan. 11 that the slick would not actually reach the coastline , largely because of the strength and direction of the prevailing sea currents , and because of the light quality of the oil ( Arabian Light ) .
12 But it looked mighty like Switzerland .
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