Example sentences of "it [verb] [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sky is grey and abysmal ; it has grown blacker since morning . |
| 2 | Since the 1985 unrest , and particularly after the 1987 General Election , the Government has announced a number of initiatives on the inner city , and it has presented these as part of an effort to rejuvenate depressed areas on a sound basis . |
| 3 | Essentially , that is the issue in the debates which opened up in the Enlightenment period , and it has remained central in theology ever since . |
| 4 | It has inspired centuries-worth of discussion and analysis . |
| 5 | It has done more , for example , for the understanding of music by ordinary people of this country than any other organisation , including the Arts Council ’ — this was a generous admission from the then chairman of the Arts Council — ‘ and it has done much for education and a great deal for general culture . |
| 6 | Its coat colour and pigmented skin are valued in hot climates where it has proved resistant to eye cancer and also , to some extent , to ticks . |
| 7 | For this reason it has proved popular with Local Authorities . |
| 8 | Those who suffer from PMS less frequently reported that it has got better with time . |
| 9 | Will it be used mainly at night , or does it need to look fresh for breakfast , serviceable for lunch and intimate for dinner parties ? |
| 10 | The annoyances , injustices , and setbacks from which it suffered seem small in retrospect , but they preyed on the minds of its members at the time . |
| 11 | It began to glow red for overload . |
| 12 | During the 1980s corporate America did pay out a large share of net profits in dividends , and it did spend billions on share repurchases . |
| 13 | It had grown rich with sap inside the scaly trunk , buffeted by winds , rain weighting down the fronded branches . |
| 14 | Only thing she were n't chuffed about is she could n't cash cheque , it had to go all through bank and everything . |
| 15 | It had blown a gale in the early hours and I had been up with my torch at three o'clock to attend to the guy-ropes and check that the washing was still on the line : it was , but it had become red with dust . |
| 16 | And it does get easier towards lunchtime when we allow you to play . |
| 17 | It does come nice after Christmas , Christmas it got him all out of plonk |
| 18 | At the same time , using Todorov 's distinction , it does seem possible in relation to television narrative genres or subgenres to identify classical tendencies which depend — in the last instance — on conformity to rules and conventions for their verisimilitude , and to distinguish them from naturalist tendencies whose verisimilitude makes claims to be grounded in social reality — or at least claims to represent what people believe to be true . |
| 19 | I know this because these machines have a high curiosity factor with guitarists , and although I 'm used to my GR-50 , many players who have been eager to try it have fallen foul of mis-tracking . |
| 20 | Erm I would n't say it 's it 's gone quiet at night , we 've got to be more aware now anyway . |
| 21 | It 's gone yellow with age . |
| 22 | It 's gone crusty on top . |
| 23 | Mm , presuming it 's got that in mind |
| 24 | whether it 's got worse with amount of |
| 25 | But you you say it 's included free of charge . |
| 26 | When it 's sold subject to contract . |