Example sentences of "it [verb] [adv prt] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It turns up as a footnote in every textbook and training manual . |
| 2 | The Western was in its dying throes , but Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid in 1969 kept it hanging on by a thread . |
| 3 | As soon as an assignment has been fully proofed it goes on to a list which is published every two months to all of the sales execs and you just look out for your number , all right ? and you 've got your own personal records of course , if you know you 've earned bonus then that 's where to claim it . |
| 4 | It goes on for a minute . |
| 5 | If you get through that you 've got to give the balloon a good hard squirt to make it burn , and if you do make it burn it goes up with a hell of a whoomph and you 've still got to get away . ’ |
| 6 | And when it goes down to a water hole to drink it crouches down and awkwardly sips with its mouth . |
| 7 | And it goes out in a blaze of colour — a spectacular firework display which starts at 6.45pm and goes on into the night . |
| 8 | And could we take this yellow one off we 'll find it fits in like a wall , like that look . |
| 9 | ‘ Remember to let the feeling out , let it gush out like a fountain , but draw it back afterwards . |
| 10 | It arose out of a strike in July 1964 by ACTT television technicians claiming higher wages ( and an improvement in working conditions ) and it involved all the independent television companies , which included three for whom my firm acted . |
| 11 | Raising his voice a little , so that it cracked out like a whiplash , he said tersely , ‘ Off wi' thoo . ’ |
| 12 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 13 | Nearly 100,000 TR6s were built over the next 7 years and 90% went to America , where it caught on as a winner on road and track . |
| 14 | As a Save Eldorado Campaign splutters on , the writers seem content to let it fizzle out like a glass of flat Spanish beer . |
| 15 | Erm , where the , the authority , not just the County Council , but the authority in the partnership , get involved in lobbying exercises with the , with the government to try to ensure that rural post offices can actually give out vehicle licences , because it 's very , if you look in the north of the county , outside the towns there 's only four post offices , I think , that can actually give out vehicle licences , and yet in the rural areas , we have a lot of people with vehicles , and we , and the way that it counts towards , the way that it counts up towards a post office 's survival , it 's these high value items are significant in keeping post offices open . |
| 16 | But there it petered out in a welter of bloody , confused fighting . |
| 17 | I jerked back , tingling with fear , feeling it peel off like a strand of elastoplast . |
| 18 | In Central America it stands out as a model of high quality provision drawn from a small resource base . |
| 19 | well let it dry off for a minute , well they must have a card , good job I thought about that I should be interested to see what she calls her because I think Annalise is a beautiful name |
| 20 | It starts off as a satire of Pennebaker 's Dylan doc Do n't Look Back and — cut to the pace of Roberts ' twangy crap folk songs — also attacks Saturday Night Live , rock ‘ n ’ roll , right-wingers , and stupid people . |
| 21 | In fact if you 'll if you look in here you you get a it starts off with a tour of er head office and all our facilities there . |
| 22 | The French government actually wants this archaically hide-bound professional body to reform itself and become more competitive , but is expecting it to come up with a solution itself . |
| 23 | Well I put me clothes out at twelve o'clock , I says to Linda if it holds out for a couple |
| 24 | It lives on as a reality which the poet seeks to ‘ revive within ’ him , to reconstruct the state of mind of the removed passion of the last four lines and the effortless delight of the first two stanzas . |
| 25 | It adds up to a drag factor that is 13% ‘ slippier ’ through the air , which helps economy and reduces wind noise . |
| 26 | It adds up to a recovery but not a boom , Sudhir Junankar , the deputy director of economic affairs said yesterday . |
| 27 | It adds up to a picture of a man in a wider context that just as a fighter pilot . |
| 28 | A passer-by noticed the suspicious object strapped underneath the vehicle as it drove out of a car park last night , but failed in a desperate attempt to alert the driver . |
| 29 | Mostly it came over as a matter of feeling hard done by — self-pity rather than bravado ; or a habitual , weary tinkering to save a bit here and there . |
| 30 | Tony 's voice , when it came through without a crackle , brought a reassuring flood of gladness . |