Example sentences of "it [verb] [noun] [adj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Drawing room , whatever it 's called , it 's huge , it has windows all the way round , it has bow windows in n it ?
2 Elsewhere Pemberton 's status as " reflector " ( seep 174 ) is evident in the assertion of statements which no one but he would be in a position to verify : " it cost hint such an effort to broach the subject of terms " .
3 The right hon. Gentleman says that that helps nobody , but it costs £400 million a year , so it must help rather a lot of people .
4 IT costs £37 million a year to run the House of Lords , which includes the £4 million in expenses claimed by peers .
5 The latest embarrassment comes after revelations that it costs £19 million a year to run the royal yacht and train and £60 million to staff the royal household .
6 It keeps Celie alive every day — waiting for her sister and children to come home .
7 It takes place all the time and should not be confused with organizational politicking ( which generally takes place behind closed doors ) or personal vituperation ( which generally takes place in committee rooms ) .
8 Last year it advanced £5 million a day to customers .
9 Last summer he suggested that the appalling state of government finances called for a fundamental reassessment of the way it spends £250 billion a year of taxpayers ' money .
10 In practice it makes mistakes all the time but Horizon showed its English as flawless .
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