Example sentences of "it [vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A couple of hundred yards downstream it gushes out below a ceremonial arch into the Brigach . |
| 2 | May 20–26 has been designated ‘ One World ’ week by 18 national TV stations : it kicks off with a German production , The World In Our Hands , which highlights global issues from pollution to Third World debt , and ends with One World , One Voice , a two-hour musical chain letter masterminded by Kevin Godley and featuring 150 international musicians . |
| 3 | We put a match to ours and it goes up with a rocket-like roar , heating the yurt in a flash . |
| 4 | Before she is finally arrested , she shoots a number of them , and lobs a grenade into the wings , where it goes off with a loud report . |
| 5 | The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader . |
| 6 | Solid waste is different : unless it is burned or buried at sea , it lingers on as a visible souvenir . |
| 7 | And he admitted : ‘ If keepers make a mistake it stands out like a sore thumb . |
| 8 | It stands out like a sore thumb . |
| 9 | It looks out over a peaceful rural landscape . |
| 10 | Surrounded by coconut groves , it looks out over a large , open-air swimming pool onto an excellent sandy beach and the sea beyond . |
| 11 | This — which several British critics have seen as a post-AIDS film — is postmodernist in its mixture of genres : it starts out as a straightforward melodrama and shifts into a horror or ‘ stalk and slash ’ genre . |
| 12 | It starts out with a familiar idea and then builds on it , making neater analogies and finer distinctions . |
| 13 | If it ends up with a segregated system — then so be it ’ . |
| 14 | Change the social or physical conditions in which the animal is growing up and you may find it ends up with a different set of rules for learning . |
| 15 | Go alt N and you can see what 's happening is your text is actually being indented one tab stop at a time so it ends up as a narrow thin ribbon of text skating down the page and if you do this really crazily you can end up with a document that is only just one word wide ! |
| 16 | Then , as it grows up in a normal , average temperature , the hotter area of its body — its central trunk region — remains pale in colour , while its cooler extremities become gradually darker . |
| 17 | He fills it up , and cooks for himself , and when it gets down to a certain level then he thinks , ‘ now I might do a concert ’ . |
| 18 | When the slow-moving potto is approached by an enemy , it curls up into a tight ball , clings on to its branch and lowers its head between its legs so that the back of its spiky neck is thrust towards the predator . |
| 19 | It opens up into a fantastic cavern , which glistens and sparkles as though lit by an invisible Light . |
| 20 | In fact , as we have seen , it boils down to a moral evaluation of differentiation ( rather than a ‘ scientific ’ finding ) : the differences that distinguish criminals are things that are deemed to have ‘ gone wrong ’ with their biology , psyche or values . |
| 21 | It boils down to a sharp retraction in the Plains economy . |
| 22 | It folds up into a neat , easy-to-store carrying case when not in use . |
| 23 | It follows on from a fine display of tinted autumn foliage . |
| 24 | A spokesman for Rothmans , who have factories in Darlington and Spennymoor , said : ‘ We are a major employer in County Durham and it seemed natural to support the team as it sets off on a new challenge as a first-class county . |
| 25 | Finally it bursts out in a different form in its third stage of development . |
| 26 | Because a lifetime of debauchery somehow loses its romantic kudos once it winds down to a respectable job and keep-fit classes ; it stops being a biopic and starts sounding like a how-I-conquered-my-bad-habits-and-became-a-normal-person telefilm . |
| 27 | Sometimes you may spot an occasional dorsal fin when it pops out like a miniature yacht sail . |
| 28 | On something of an Italo tip , it thunders along at a fair old rate , brings synth nostalgia to the fore and is an all-round bumpalong winner . |
| 29 | I , er I mean it sticks out like a sore thumb , and one would have expected that this paper came from education . |
| 30 | Well I know it is and er I hope it comes over in a genuine way . |