Example sentences of "of it [prep] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a holiday to discard the worry of it for a few days . |
| 2 | And life 's too short to miss out on the chance of it for the wrong kinds of reasons . ’ |
| 3 | When I reached the House of Andrus I spoke of it to the other women and we said a prayer . |
| 4 | While many among the 5,933 crowd may argue against Stainrod 's claim , there was little doubt in the validity of it during the latter stages of what was a north-east affair rich in incident if not quality . |
| 5 | Now yer know what a cowson that Frank is. 'E told 'er ter piss orf out of it in no uncertain terms an' Maudie told 'im she was gon na send 'er ole man round ter sort 'im out . |
| 6 | This was partly because the traditional school library catalogue , devised by teachers untrained in library methods , aimed to meet only the very simple demands which , alas , were made of it in the long decades of neglect . |
| 7 | Many librarians have written in to protest at what has been happening and there has been a good deal of debate behind closed doors ; but , as will be shown here , the ultimate explanation is the rise of semi-literacy and the acceptance of it by the modern descendants of the great Victorians . |
| 8 | She could see the lights of it from the upper windows but never got any nearer . |