Example sentences of "[subord] it [vb past] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was built for United Air Lines as DC-3A-197B NC 18942 in April 1948 and served with series of US operators until it found itself in the Sudan ( as N8044 ) in 1976 , before going to South Africa and joining Caprivi Airways in 1978 as ZS-KEX . |
| 2 | I do n't think the Labour 'd know a free vote if it bit him on the leg . |
| 3 | ‘ My father says that you 're an architect , ’ she volunteered , determined to be pleasant even if it killed her in the process . |
| 4 | She would stay out here until evening , if it killed her in the process . |
| 5 | They would n't recognize it if it hit them between the eyes , of its use . |
| 6 | to look across at a group wh who would know a cynical opportunity if it hit them in the face . |
| 7 | Ben gave the right answer literally speaking because it said it on the sheet of paper . |
| 8 | Murder appalled him because it took everything from the victim with no possibility of restitution , it blotted out memories of a past and hopes for a future . |
| 9 | Working the 2 Step programme becomes progressively more relevant on a daily basis in the recognition that it provides such a superb philosophy of life than many recovering people come to consider that they were fortunate to have addictive disease because it led them to the 12 Step Programme . |
| 10 | They chose this area because it reminded them of the Alps and afforded them the chance to continue with their much loved skiing . |
| 11 | This is because it reminded me of the type of frame one might put around a tapestry or sampler , and I feel this symmetrical design is somewhat reminiscent of sampler work and needlework in general . |
| 12 | I saw again the one that escaped the Grounds and died just before it made it to the stream . |
| 13 | I say that I do n't know who the van belonged to , but it drove past when it saw me with the police . |
| 14 | She 'd loved the stones it smoothed , and its wildness when it flung itself over the promenade wall , scattering gravel and driftwood . |
| 15 | His job at Selby , though it had none of the glamour of his former work , at least enabled him to provide for his family of two sons , Ken and Bruce , and daughters Mollie and Joyce . |
| 16 | Ah , I think the Foreign Office was trying to pursue the only sensible policy as it perceived it at the time , right through the entire period , um , since 1965 . |
| 17 | The court then went on to apply the law as it saw it to the facts of the case . |