Example sentences of "it [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thanks once again for a charming picture — it made me smile all day . |
| 2 | So the A fifty nine well let me put it let me put another question , does the A sixty one serve a similar function to the A fifty nine ? |
| 3 | The point about the shop is that erm it sells things on a medieval theme and more specifically it has we have this undertaking that if you see it in the house , you can buy it in the shop . |
| 4 | Her face went blank , but this time Guy saw the effort it cost her to regain that air of remote calm , and her eyes still held a mute appeal that stabbed him to the heart . |
| 5 | THE US Secretary of State , James Baker , hinted yesterday that the US withheld military support for Tuesday 's failed coup in Panama because it believed it had little chance of success . |
| 6 | Its dual chart is an attractive option in that it allows you to link two pie or bar chart charts or a pie and a bar chart — as illustrated here ( DUALGRPH ) It also offers Word charts — a variety that it is unusual to find in a spreadsheet but very welcome given that you can use the graphics facilities of SuperCalc 5.5 to prepare slides suitable for use as a presentation to an audience . |
| 7 | As it happens we got that shipment delivered eventually though some of the perishables had gone off . |
| 8 | Seymour Cray is still hopeful of bringing his crippled Cray Computer Corp safely in to land , and this week told shareholders that the pay-off will come not with the Cray-3 , but with the Cray-4 the company is developing — ‘ People who predict that things ca n't be done — I guess I do n't have time for them , ’ he told shareholders sternly — ‘ That 's the challenge that I 'm willing to accept in trying to do things that ca n't be done ’ ; the Cray-3 was launched last month , a decade after Cray started work on it , but the Cray-4 is expected to offer twice the performance at half the cost , and the company hopes to demonstrate it by year-end ; it says it has enough cash to fund operations into September and says it is working with two investment banking firms on fund-raising strategies . |
| 9 | It seemed he heard that question again , a thousand years ago and in another world . |
| 10 | And in the pitch black , it seemed she had some sort of body after all ; distantly she could sense hands feeling their way , feet stumbling . |
| 11 | It shows we trust each other enough to have no fear of being poisoned . " |
| 12 | erm It keeps it going that way because you know , six games unbeaten , it 's nice , it 's nice to be unbeaten , but we just have n't won enough have we ? |
| 13 | Nor will it avail them to advance further money on a floating charge on the understanding that this is to be used to repay existing loans ; a creditor can not by use of the floating charge transmute an unsecured into a secured debt by attempting to manipulate the saving provisions of section 245 . |
| 14 | We call him ‘ gangling Chang ’ to distinguish him from the other Changs , because he is tall , thin , loose-limbed , and is ready to laugh about anything , although it appears he has some family problems in that his wife is away and his baby son is ill . |
| 15 | How long will it take me , he thought , how long will it take me to learn this language ? |
| 16 | How long did it take you to dredge that length ? |
| 17 | It seems you confuse Third World countries . |
| 18 | Some women find a cup of strong coffee every hour or so helpful , as it helps them pass more water . |
| 19 | Such reading is invaluable because it not only consolidates what learners already know , it helps them to develop that general feel for a language which can give such a boost to the learning process . |
| 20 | It helps them to make realistic career choices . |
| 21 | Why I 've been , it will be ten months that 's all Rita , ten month it took me to lose six stone , you do n't want to lose that much do you ? |
| 22 | In the time it took you to write this letter you could have stripped the guitar down , sprayed the switch with contact cleaner and fitted new strings — you do change your strings occasionally , I assume ? |
| 23 | You think it do you want another dose ? |
| 24 | As it vapourises it releases white smoke — beryllium oxide . |
| 25 | It means you use less paint ( cheaper ! ) and the binder used in these paints leaves behind no residue , as can be the case with gum arabic . |
| 26 | This ingenious arrangement has two advantages : it scents the house with an acrid , invigorating smell of frying cloth recalling a tailor shop in the Bronx , and it permits me to tend two kerosene burners , a Franklin stove , and a fireplace . |
| 27 | It saved me doing temporary work which I do n't much care for . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Whatever pleasure it gives you can not match the pleasure it gave me to buy this trinket for you . ’ |
| 29 | From her expression , it appeared she had little faith that this august personage would oblige . |
| 30 | er , this had that night er but , one , in one bit it said he said that night they di fa found that Melissico was n't enjoyed talking to them long af till long after the stars came out . |